I had a recent question that I'd been meaning to address as a blog post. By the time I had the email answered, most of this post was written. Just about every military physician contemplates this qu...
There are times in your financial life when you'll need to be a do-it-yourselfer. A little high-yield knowledge of insurance, investing, estate planning, asset protection, and real estate go a long way.
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...
This is a guest post written by Keith Roxo, a graduate of both the Naval Academy and Top Gun (yes, that Top Gun) who will be starting medical school at USUHS this fall. The Health Professions Scholars...
Congratulations! You've made it to the far end of a very long pipeline. You've hit the light at the end of the tunnel, and discovered it wasn't a train there waiting for you. This is an exciting ti...
All right, I'm biased. I'll admit it. I think doctors, especially me, should make a gazillion dollars. Now that we have that disclosure out of the way, I'd like to explore five reasons why we (as a...
This is the first in a series about making money online as a doctor. I've always been interested in relatively passive income, and after reading about taking simple surveys online for cash, I thought...
My general advice is to not buy "consumer insurance" like warranties on appliances. The mantra is that you should insure against financial catastrophe, and self-insure against the rest. I spend lots...
I'd like to highlight a couple of things going around the internet today. The first is one of my favorite new blogs. It is written by the financially successful spouse of an emergency physician. Th...
I received an important question the other day by email: I've started to ask myself how much time I want to spend researching and managing my portfolio. I've read your section on financial planners, a...
7 months ago, shortly after starting the blog, I did a post that listed 175 different financial errors doctors have made. The list came from a thread on Sermo, a physician-only forum. I suspect most...
I've always had an interest in both "third-world medicine" and international emergency medicine. During my short career I've had the opportunity to practice medicine on 4 different continents and in...
First off, welcome to all the new readers who stopped by today. The website had more pageviews today than it did in the first 3 or 4 months of its existence. I hope you find something of value here...
Insurance Ratios from Your Money Ratios I've already discussed Charles Farrell's book Your Money Ratios several times on this blog, including the all important Capital to Income Ratio and the Debt Rat...
Review- Your Money Ratios Have you ever read a book and thought not only "This is a great book" but "I wish I'd WRITTEN this book." That is how I felt about reading Your Money Ratios. This is a rela...