Demographic factors such as the growing number of single person households, longer life expectancy and a higher divorce rate have contributed to demand and the upward pressure on prices.
The psychiatrist told Benzine he rejected upward of half his patients because they weren't prepared to make the necessary life changes after the surgery.
Meanwhile, although the rules under consideration may make life much more complicated and costly for many U.S. investment banks, bank stock prices are heading happily upward, on news from Europe promising resolution of the knotty fiscal and monetary issues there.