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The Sunday Best (12/9/2018)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated for your reading pleasure. Expect most of the writing to be from recent weeks and […]
The 10 Worst Places To Get Investing Advice
Investing advice is not difficult to come by. It’s everywhere. Sound investment advice? Now, that can be a little more difficult to come by, but […]
Debunking the Myths of Dividend Investing
Regular readers know I’m not a big fan of dividend-focused investing. While I like the concept of “mailbox money” and passive income from dividend-producing stocks, […]
Fight Burnout with Both Saving and Spending
Career burnout is becoming increasingly common and is a hot topic lately, particularly for physicians and other healthcare workers. The causes are many. Increased demands. […]
The Sunday Best (12/2/2018)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated for your reading pleasure. Expect most of the writing to be from recent weeks and […]
7 Behaviors of the Wealthy (and How I Copy Them)
While there’s no surefire way to become something you’re not, one effective method is to study the people you want to be like and emulate […]
The Basics of Angel Investing
I like investing in index funds. They give me great diversification, market returns, and don’t cost much. It’s a lot easier to buy all the […]
One World Surgery: My Week in Honduras on a Medical Mission
For the last fifteen years or so, I’ve thought I ought to participate in a medical mission. “Someday, I’ll do that,” I figured. In recent […]
The Sunday Best (11/25/2018)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated for your reading pleasure. Expect most of the writing to be from recent weeks and […]
Is it Time to Take Some Money Off the Table?
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to lock in your “winnings,” particularly at the end of a long bull market? You know, take some […]
Christopher Guest Post: She Picks Up Pennies
Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I’ve got a special guest on this special day, a gal that is thankful that you stopped by today to let her […]
Help Me Give Away $10,000
If the turkeys aren’t nervous yet, they should be. Stove Top Stuffing and jellied cranberries are flying off the store shelves. In a couple days, […]
WCI’s Fire Your Financial Advisor Course in Action: A Couple Creates Their Financial Plan
Earlier in 2018, the White Coat Investor debuted his first online course, the provocatively titled Fire Your Financial Advisor. The course may not have won […]
The Sunday Best (11/18/2018)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated for your reading pleasure. Expect most of the writing to be from recent weeks and […]
Should You Track Your Net Worth?
Well, should you? I first calculated our household net worth a few years after residency. Although much of our net worth was in our home […]
The Case for Giving on the Road to Financial Independence
Today is “Give to the Max” day up north here in Minnesota, a perfect day to showcase a topic that is near and dear to […]
Job A Versus Job B. A Tale of Two Jobs
Let’s compare two very different jobs. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call one Job A and the other Job B. As you will see, these jobs […]
The Sunday Best (11/11/2018)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated for your reading pleasure. Expect most of the writing to be from recent weeks and […]
Top 5 Reasons Not to Ignore Social Security
Today, we bring you a Saturday Selection from The White Coat Investor, touching on a topic that I haven’t ignored — Social Security. While I […]
Refinancing for Retirement: How to Sort Out Your Student Loans
Today’s post was sent in by reader Caroline Gillard. She had read our student loan case studies, but she hadn’t seen a personal story here […]