The economy was going south, but the Bayview's prices were heading north.

Analysts expect prices to continue climbing for the next few months - but then, just as surely, to head back down again.

And the price of such promotions may also be heading higher.

In Greenwood, the price of land has been heading south since the beginning of the decade.

It's consumer technology, where prices head ever downward even as power and features improve.

Then the cycle begins all over again: from that low point, prices head back up.

And better to buy a bond that's built to beat inflation than trying to predict where prices will head.

"But it's an improvement over January, when prices were heading steeply upward."

The price of crude oil is now $29.20 a barrel and headed to $30 or more, many commodity analysts say.

But he said investors appeared to hope that the price of oil would head higher.