Real-estate prices don’t exactly follow the stock market. Yes, they rose in the boom, as real incomes and investments gained. But when growth in home prices slows (as is happening in some places now), people may simply decide not to sell. What’s more, a lot of unhappy investors are switching some of their stock-market money into homes. The economy has to go bad for quite a while before the housing market cracks. Happily, we seem to have dodged the bullet.


title: “Ask Newsweek” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-03” author: “Brian Magyar”


Danna Lovett of Benton, Ky.

Botox has promise as a migraine treatment because it relaxes muscles at “trigger” points (like between the eyebrows). The FDA has not approved it for migraines, but because Botox is a legal drug, doctors can use it as they see fit. The shots are expensive: $300 to $1,200 every three to six months–usually not covered by insurance.