Hill's Personal Finance

Market Watch 1/22/07

Market statistics for the week ending 1/19/07 from Bob carey at First Trust Portfolios, LP.

Download MarketCommentary-86.pdf

Money Market Rates as of 1/19/2007

	Daily	7 Day	30 day
Prime Cash	4.35%	4.35%	4.36%
Gornment	4.27%	4.27%	4.28%
Municipal	2.67%	2.68%	2.74%
Treasury	4.25%	4.24%	4.18%

Best and Worst Indices for Week ending 01/19/07

The best indices for the week ending 1/19/07:

• Dow Jones CBN China Technology Index (9.44%)
• Bank Of New York Turkey ADR Index (9.26%)
• Dow Jones CBN China Retail Index (8.84%)

The worst performing indices:

• AMEX Semiconductor Index (-6.23%)
• Dow Jones CBN China Financial Index (-6.05%)
• Dow Jones US Semiconductor Index (-5.40%)

Indices in a buying mode:

• Dow Jones US Industrial Machinery Index
• Dow Jones Stoxx Global 1800 ex. Asia/Pacific Food & Beverage Index
• Russell US Midcap Value

Do a 1031 Exchange for Reasons Other Than Taxes

Stephan Wayner of Bayview Financial and Blog1031.com has a post citing non-tax reasons for an IRC 1031 real estate exchange.

Capital Advisers Monthly Market Commentary for January

This month our trusty curmudgeon of a portfolio manager, Roland Jones, explains how the business of managing money works and what it takes to get great  risk adjusted returns (and he does).

Download january_2007.pdf

What the Rich Know and the Poor Do Not

David John Marotta at MensNewsDaily.com has a great article on how to think about your financial future. Most people do not plan to fail in their finances , but rathar fail to plan for their future. His advice hits home and its correct.

Unique Real Estate Investment

The French Government is selling some $20 billion of historical buildings. Their main reason - maintenance, the bain of all real estate investors. read more at The Real Estate Bloggers.

CD's for the week of 1/16/07

Bank	Term	Coupon	Maturity
Lydian Private bank, FL	3 month	4.95%	04/26/07
Lydian Private bank, FL	6 month	5.10%	07/19/07
Discover Bank, DE	9 month	5.15%	10/24/07
Morgan Stanley, UT	1 year	5.20%	01/24/08
Discover Bank, DE	18 month	5.15%	07/24/07
Discover Bank, DE	2 year	5.05%	01/26/09
Discover Bank, DE	3 year	5.05%	01/25/10
Discover Bank, DE	4 year	5.05%	01/24/11
Discover Bank, DE	5 year	5.05%	01/24/12
All CD's are FDIC insured up to $100,000 per account.
All CD's are subject to availability and can close at
any time.
Settlement date is 1/24/07

Best and Worst Indices for Week ending 1/12/07

The best performing indices for the week ending 1/12/07 are:

• Dow Jones CBN China Retail Index (23.72%)
• Dow Jones CBN China Healthcare Index (22.03%)
• Dow Jones CBN China Food and Beverage Index (17.32%)

The worse performing indices are:

• Venezuela Stock Index (-8.06%)
• Dow Jones Islamic Market World Emerging Markets Automobile & Parts Index (-6.02%)
• Dow Jones US Mobile Telecommunications Index (-5.10%)

Market Outlook 1/16/07

Market Oulook from Brian Wesbury at First Trust Portfolios, LP.

Download economicresearch-239.pdf