Or should I say, Minimal Risk, Maximal Returns! As I have been watching the markets race to new records over the past six months I have been remarkably unenthusiatic about it. In years past when stocks, or real estate were zooming up, all I could do was watch and get a sick feeling in my [...]
Since we have passed the 6 month mark I thought it would be appropriate to revisit our Financial Plan for 2007. When we made this plan back in January, I was not quite sure what to think. We were recently married and still in the process of combining our lifestyles and finances. Six months into [...]
It’s OK, I THINK I know what I am doing this time. I didn’t buy a new car. I didn’t go on a fancy vacation. I simply decided it was time to play the credit card arbitrage game. After spending the past 2+ years aggressively paying down my credit card debt I have managed to [...]
June is behind us now and we are half way through July so it is about time for an update. For those not in the medical field, July is a special month in an academic hospital because on July 1st all the Residents advance a year. For that reason you sometimes will hear someone say: [...]
By now if you have been reading about personal finance you will have read an article or two on delayed gratification. Most people will agree that an element of delayed gratification is very useful if you plan to accumulate wealth. In fact, some very smart individuals over at Stanford even did a study back in [...]
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I'm a 30y/o medical resident on a quest to prove that higher education is still financially worth it.
