As you’re reading this, I am nowhere near my computer. In fact, I’m not even in the office today. I spent the last three days increasing my “wealth.”

We all have different definitions of the word. Some of us give it a strictly monetary connotation. There is nothing wrong with that. In its most straight-forward definition, wealth is the abundance of money.

But if I can take the risk of getting touchy-feely for a minute or two, I’d like to take it a bit further. To me, wealth is the abundance of everything good in our lives.

If that truly is the case then move over Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, I am one wealthy guy. I bet you are too.

Like I said, I just spent the last three days with my beautiful, young bride and her equally stellar mother.

We spent the weekend at the beach. It’s Alaskan mother-in-law’s first trip to waters of the Atlantic. The opportunity to share my life-long passion with somebody that has never witnessed its majesty before is something I wouldn’t trade for even the hottest of stock tips.

But we had to cut our trip short. You see, in just a couple of hours, I’ll get the first snapshot of my largest investment yet (literally and figuratively). My wife is just ten weeks into what is going to be a lifetime love affair. She gets her first sonogram at five this afternoon.

Talk about wealth.

I could go on and on, but you don’t care. What you care about is your own wealth. There has never been a better time for an audit.

With soldiers killing soldiers, hedge fund managers stealing billions, a government that has lost its way and a country that appears to have dropped all moral responsibility, it is vital for folks like you and I to figure out how we value ourselves.

What is it that we want?

Health. Family. Stability. Food. Love. Life. Liberty. Happiness.

Of course, financial wealth plays a large role in all of those things. After all, if money is the root of all evil, isn’t the foliage of that is good?

As so many of us out here in the world of finance fight against Washington’s latest moves, it is important to set the issue of money aside. Too often, our political thoughts hinge on the question, “What’s this going to cost me?”

But what about all those other things?

How is healthcare reform going to affect my unborn child? How is a bigger government going to make it easier for me live a stable life? How are bonus caps going to make it easier for me to stay in love with my wife?

None of those things impact our real “wealth,” yet our government is hell bent on the idea that they are going to make all of our lives better.

Like I said last week. Vote ‘em all out. You’ll be wealthier for it.

Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city home price index fell 0.6 percent in April, after a 2.2 percent decline the month before. Economists expected an April drop of 1.8 percent

“It’s a little better than expected, but not much. On a top to bottom basis, home prices are down 30 plus percent, which underscores the amount that home prices have to climb to get to normal territory,” said Dan Greenhaus, an analyst at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.

“While they’re better than expected in the short term, in the larger sense the housing market remains under great pressure.”

On this last day of the quarter, fund managers often enhance portfolios as part of “window dressing” by selling losing stocks and scooping up the winners. The process can add to volatility.

Analysts noted the shortened week could lead to thinner volumes and increased volatility. U.S. markets will be shut for the U.S. Independence Day holiday on Friday.

S&P 500 futures rose 2.20 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futuresgained 29 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures added 2.75 of a point.

The S&P 500 is up 16.2 percent so far this quarter, putting it on track for its best period since the fourth quarter of 1998, when the index jumped nearly 21 percent. The S&P 500 has gained 37 percent since hitting a 12-year closing low in early March as early signs of an economic rebound surfaced.

NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters)