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.
I'm pretty hard on financial advisors on this site. That's because most of them are sharks, or at best, uneducated salesmen. My best estimate is that you shouldn't take advice from 90-95% of those m...
Financial conflicts of interest are omnipresent, especially when it comes to financial advice. There are a number of finance-related tasks that need to be done to manage your finances, and there are...
By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder It is rare that I check out a book at the library and then end up wishing I'd bought it so I could keep a copy for future reference. Such is the case with The Truth...
As a general rule, annuities are an inferior investment vehicle. You ought to have a really good reason before you purchase one (and the usual one used to market these to physicians, tax avoidance, i...
Variable annuities (VA) are an insurance product that is best described as a mutual fund wrapped in an insurance wrapper and covered with fees.
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There are lots of financial benefits of being a doctor in the military. Very few of them are easy to understand, however. Unlike in the Vietnam era, our citizens and politicians are currently very k...
By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder In my last post, I talked about how excited I was about C Corporations after learning some more about them in a book. Then reality set in. The more I read, the more...
I was recently reading Incorporate and Grow Rich, a book which I'll review in a separate post. The more I read the more excited I got about C corporations and their benefits. Then I started realizin...
This will be the first in what is likely to be a long, but intermittent, series of posts designed specifically for the military physician. As a former military physician, I'm well-aware of the huge f...
This is a continuation of the last post, where I discussed my personal asset allocation, and answers some frequently asked questions about it. Why 75% stock? Benjamin Graham, in The Intelligent Inves...
I've had a number of requests to discuss my own asset allocation, as if there is something magical about it. A true internet sleuth would have found it already, as it has been posted before, but it w...
I recently received a request from a reader that I write a bit about municipal bonds. I'm not a huge fan of municipal bonds for several reasons I'll list out below, but first, a brief description for...
By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder This is part of an ongoing series evaluating the merits of popular static asset allocation portfolios. I had heard vaguely of this portfolio, and then had it recomme...
I've learned a few things recently as a result of becoming an unintentional landlord. After trying to sell my previous home for well over a year without success, I turned it into a rental property. ...
I think I live in the scam capital of the world. It seems not a month goes by that some local pyramid scheme isn't uncovered. There are even billboards on the freeway teaching residents how to avoid...
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