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Till Debt Do Us Part — Money Mistakes Couples in Medicine Make
Loath as we are to admit it, money is often a major cause of conflict among couples. Money and marriage … Read more
Jorge Sanchez, MD
The Pro-Rata Rule Explained for Doctors
For the uninitiated: The pro-rata rule is an IRS regulation that dictates how withdrawals and conversions from traditional IRAs are … Read more
Why Vanguard Wants You to Flip Your Portfolio Upside Down
The investment world just threw us a curveball. Vanguard — the indexing behemoth that practically wrote the book on buy-and-hold … Read more
The Sunday Best (02/08/2026)
What role do company dynamics play in company performance and investment performance? Here are the traits of the ideal industry. … Read more
Why I’m Not Worried About a Weaker Dollar
The dollar continues falling, now down around 11% from January 2025 levels: This is a big move by currency standards, … Read more
Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for Physicians
We all know that physician burnout is killing careers, but is it the long hours and difficult patient conversations alone … Read more
The Total Portfolio Approach That Made CalPERS Ditch $556 Billion in Old-School Investing
Remember 2022? The world had shaken itself out of the COVID stupor, a slap at the Oscars reverberated out to … Read more
The Sunday Best (02/01/2026)
Prediction market platform Kalshi is surging so much, that it’s prompted something of an arms race: Robinhood, Coinbase, FanDuel, and … Read more
Is Diversification Finally Working Again?
A reader asks: I’m a Bogle-DIY investor with a broad allocation with most of my money in total US and … Read more
Backdoor Roth vs Taxable Investing for High Earners
If you’re pulling in a physician’s salary, you’ve likely hit the income ceiling that locks you out of contributing directly … Read more
The Sunday Best (01/25/2026)
Investors tend to focus on a wide variety of variables — the Fed, geopolitics, interest rates, inflation, economic growth, etc. … Read more
The Refill Machine
Ben White is a neuroradiologist, father, husband, writer, and perpetually short on time. Born and partially raised in New York, … Read more
The Sunday Best (01/18/2026)
If there’s one lesson we can learn from Warren Buffet, it’s the oracle’s lifelong commitment to reading. “Read 500 pages … Read more
Filling Buckets with Money
Growing up there was a kid in my school whose family was rumored to be somehow in business with or … Read more
Throwback Thursday: The “Now What?” Edition
You know what nobody warned me about? The fact that retiring from medicine wouldn’t feel like crossing a finish line … Read more
The Sunday Best (01/11/2026)
More than 40 million people globally turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared … Read more
The Leaf Leafs Anyway
Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche, New York Times bestselling author, once told a story about how she was on a long walk around … Read more
A Post-Holiday Financial Wake-Up Call from Mount Crumpit
Dear Friends Down in Whoville (and Physicians Beyond), The Grinch here. Yes, that Grinch. The green one with the dog. … Read more
Why Do High Earners Struggle to Feel Rich
Somewhere along the Appalachian Trail, a hiker in his early forties boils water over a burner. His pack is battered, … Read more
Wicked Is The Yellow Brick Road to Retirement
The road to retirement is rocky, it is shadowed by flying monkeys and dark perils. There are poppy fields of … Read more