Joel Stein

The Little Green Handbook

3 Questions for Your Financial Future. Part 1

The first few InFocus articles were testing ground. Along with the positive feedback, we also learned about our readership’s appetite. Heads of household, homemakers, businessmen...

3 Questions for Your Financial Future. Part 3

To finish out our three-part column on creating your brightest financial future, let’s talk about smart money management. That means making your money work for...

3 Questions for Your Financial Future. Part 2

Last week we explored timing in relation to financial planning. Still, you may be wondering: Once I get married and move on from the comfort...

The Future of the InFocus Column

What you can expect over the coming months The first few InFocus articles were testing ground. Along with the positive feedback, we also learned about...

From Roof to Foundation

An introduction For our debut series, we’re exploring the core of our entire financial philosophy. Much like a house, your financial map depends on multiple...

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

According to our home metaphor, protection come before assets, before liabilities—even before the income you bring in each month. The fact is, without adequate protection,...

A Matter of Life and Death

Estate planning isn’t exactly glamorous. But like other aspects that make up the ‘roof’ of your financial home, life insurance is essential to protecting your...

With Wealth Comes Worry

America is the land of the litigious. In other words, it’s a lawyer’s market. From scalding hot café drink to cracks in the rich neighbor’s...

Raising the Roof

Series Recap As discussed over the past 4 articles in our All Under One Roof series, it pays to stress the importance of minimizing risk....

Assets & Liabilities

An Introduction In our last InFocus series, we explored how protection is so critical to your wealth and prosperous legacy down the generations. You may...

Mid-Series Checkup: Did you get all that?

So far in our ‘Net Worth’ series, we introduced you to assets and liabilities. We also broke down how the economy and other factors can...

Rate of Return: Let’s Get Real

A wise person once said, “Invest in inflation. It’s the only thing going up.” Jokes aside, that is some pretty smart advice. It’s no secret...

How to grow through tax season

Last time, we let you know how the tax impact of compounding negatively affects your net worth. In other words, we (gently) hinted at the...

Why compounding isn’t always cool

Did you know tax liability plays a huge role in determining your net worth? Just because an investment is making money doesn’t mean you get...

Planning Your Financial Future

While most people already understand the importance of financial planning, many of us start working and earning money long before planning seems necessary for retirement....