Remember when you were a second year medical student studying for the USMLE? There was a company out there that made a series of books entitled "High Yield _____________". There was High-yield Embryol...
How much happiness does money really buy? Probably a lot less than you think. Here are 8 tips on how to maximize happiness through purposeful spending.
This is another in my series of reviews on popular fixed asset allocation portfolios. Bill Schultheis is well known to many of you as the author of The Coffee House Investor, perhaps the most readable...
Each investor ought to develop his own fixed asset allocation and stick with it, rebalancing to maintain appropriate risk levels. It is valuable to see different portfolios and their pros and cons, so...
I've said "Stay the course" a thousand times, and I meant it every time. It doesn't matter if stocks are up or down, stay the course!
Medical school may not have taught you about money, but we will.
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This blog has just finished its third month. I started the website on May 13th. I published my first blog post on May 17th, 75 days ago. I also began tracking page views on May 17th using Google Adsen...
Gold! Gold! Gold! It seems you can't look anywhere these days without someone talking about gold and how you should melt down your jewelry and sell it or buy some to protect your portfolio. Many w...
I met Allan Roth at a Bogleheads meeting a couple of years ago. He had a spare copy of his book How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street with him and gave it to me. Allan is a fee-only financial advisor...
The White Coat Investor helps you get all the insurance you need, and none of the insurance you don't. Here's what insurance you need as a physician.
Incorporation isn't a magic elixir that will reduce a doctor's liability and lower their tax bill. In fact, most doctors won't benefit much at all from it.
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Morningstar is a (mostly) online investment advisory company that specializes in collecting vast amounts of data on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. It rates mutual funds using a 5-star system, and c...
Are financial advisors worth the cost? Typical advisory fees can literally cost you millions of dollars over a lifetime. Turn the tables and learn to DIY.
Here are 8 steps to automate your financial life and help you reach your goals of financial freedom.
Ensure you get the best advice at the fairest price by asking these questions to any financial advisor you're considering hiring.
A great way to avoid ever becoming financially independent is to buy a boat, a plane, or an expensive car.
After much thought, our portfolio is changing this year from one reasonable portfolio to another. We'll see how it goes. Update in a decade.
Here are 8 steps to automate your financial life and help you reach your goals of financial freedom.
Rich people don't "manage" debt. They eliminate it. Not stupidly, but reasonably and consistently. It's a behavioral thing, not a math thing.
Disability insurance is crucial insurance for the vast majority of physicians to secure. Buy it right the first time, and you may never have to do it again.
The Roth IRA is a great start for building your nest egg. There's no better vehicle for investing, tax reduction, asset protection, and estate planning.
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Peer to Peer Lending (P2PL) is a relatively new asset class I've been investing in for a few years with good success. The risks are high, but the low correlation with the rest of your portfolio coupled with the high returns make it worth looking into.
People often tell you that you'll be super happy once you're financially independent. They might not know what they're talking about.
New residents have a big desire to buy a house. But it's a gamble of your time and money at a period of life when you have little of either.
Don’t make these seven common mistakes that cause doctors to fall short in reaching financial success.
In broad strokes, asset protection includes tax saving, estate planning, and even investment strategies, and it will help preserve your nest egg in case of a malpractice suit. See Posts
Estate planning is the process to ensure that your assets go where you want after your death, that your desires are carried out after you can no longer make decisions, and that the estate taxes you pay to the government are minimal. See Posts
Whether it's life, disability, auto, home, or malpractice, high-income professionals need insurance to make sure life's biggest costs don't substantially hurt their nest egg. See Posts
There are so many ways to invest successfully that the most important thing is to just pick something reasonable and stick with it. But it's key to know which approach to take and why you're picking that option. See Posts
Beginning your financial journey and learning about personal finance can seem awfully overwhelming. But instead of trying to solve the entire puzzle at once, it'll be easier (for your mind and for your psyche) to break it down into sections that are more easily digestible. See Posts
Ownership matters, whether it's owning profitable companies, owning your own home, or owning your job. Most of the time, medicine is better—for the docs and for the patients—when docs own their jobs. See Posts
A full, happy, comfortable retirement is where so many WCIers have been aiming since they began working. The main questions: what's the best way to get there, and once you arrive, how do you begin to live and fund your new life? See Posts
While it's entirely possible to finish an undergraduate education debt-free, it's become less likely that physicians and other high-income professionals can do the same. That's why it's so important to know how to manage student loans and the programs that provide student loan forgiveness—especially in a political world that constantly makes changes to them. See Posts
Recent studies show that more than 50% of physicians have experienced burnout, marking a notable increase in the past decade. This trend is alarming and shows why the intersection of burnout and how high earners can keep themselves healthy has never been more pertinent. See Posts