“Housing takes maintenance, it depreciates, it goes out of style. So why was it considered an investment? That was a fad. That was an idea that took hold in the early 2000s. And I don’t expect it to come back. Not with the same force.” – Robert Shiller Purchasing a home is the biggest investment…

“By choosing to place asset allocation at the center of the investment process, investors ground the decision-making framework on the stable foundation of long-term policy actions. Focus on asset allocation relegates market timing and security selection decisions to the background, reducing the degree to which investment results depend on mercurial, unreliable factors. Selecting the asset…

The S&P 500 has been trading right around the 1500 level for most of 2013. The first time it crossed that mark was in March of 2000. It did it again in May of 2007. Just some food for thought on the crazy ride the markets have been on for the past 13 years. Here…