"Your Home Is Your Biggest Asset"... Or Is It?

Real estate has become a quasi-obsession in the United States, especially after some significant drawdowns in the stock market.  The truth is that real estate is a poor investment for most investors.   

You hear a lot that your home is your largest as...

The market boomed again in 2024 for the second year in a row. 2022 seems like ages ago, the last bad year for the markets. I wrote then about how bad it was in aggregate because 2022 was the first year that both stocks and bonds were down double-digits (typically bonds rise when stocks fall).

In 20...