Why I Won’t Be Your Financial Advisor
I receive multiple requests a month to be somebody's financial advisor. I routinely turn those requests down for a number of reasons that I thought might make for an interesting post. I'm going to com...
I receive multiple requests a month to be somebody's financial advisor. I routinely turn those requests down for a number of reasons that I thought might make for an interesting post. I'm going to com...
From time to time the big mutual fund/brokerage houses come out with a study using the data they obtain from their 401(k), IRA, and/or brokerage data. The conclusion of the study, unsurprisingly, is u...
Every week I get an email from someone who wants to fire their financial advisor. Sometimes they are upset about high fees, bad customer service, or bad advice, but often they just wish to "take cont...
I haven't written about financial advisers for months, so I guess it's probably time to do it again. Many people think I hate financial advisers. That's not true. There are many very nice people gi...
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...
Like many of you, I do an assessment of my personal finances at the end of each year and see how I did. I check my savings rate, calculate my rate of return on my investments, and set goals for the c...
This is part 4 of 4 of Stupid Doctor Tricks. Check out part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. These were compiled from a long thread on Sermo, a physician-only forum. It's the equivalent of a f...
There was a recent discussion in the blogosphere and on internet forums about whether docs are better served by an adviser who specializes in physicians. I summarize the discussion below. Rick Ferri,...