No Medicine Mondays post today. Let’s take the time to remember those in the armed forces who died while serving our country. Next post will be Wednesday, June 1st, as scheduled. -Sensei
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Ok, so in the last two posts of this series, 1 and 2. We talked about how I don’t really like financial advisors and then how some of them are ok. Now we move on to the last of this series: how to find a good one So let’s review first. We want a financial advisor who is: Educated Experienced Fee-Only Preferably one that aligns with your risk portfolio. Education: As I discussed in my […]
Finding a Good Financial Advisor
As you can read on my About page, I went to a Caribbean Medical School by the name of American University of the Caribbean (AUC for short). Usually the initial response I receive when people found out that I went to a Caribbean Medical School falls into one of these three categories: Curiosity: Really? How does that work? Do you do all your rotations on the island too? Is it in English? Jealousy (Fake or […]
Caribbean Medical Schools
There was recently a post on kevinmd.com about physician suicide which included a video. Found here It’s somewhat of an exaggeration about the constant stressors a physician (a hospitalist in this case) has to face in his/her daily life… however, not by much. If you google search “Physician Suicide” the top 3 results are: A Medscape Article – Updated: Jul 09, 2015 A Daily Beast Article – Posted 03.22.15 11:25 PM ET A New York Times Article – Posted SEPT. 4, 2014 […]
Physician Suicide
Ok, before you read this post, go read this one first. So here’s the thing. The idea of a financial advisor isn’t an inherently bad one. This person has some knowledge and expertise that you presumably don’t have. So you meet this person and they advise you on your finances… basically a consultant. Any consultant desires a fee, and rightly so, as they have provided a service, hopefully a value one. You receive a service and […]
Financial Advisors – The “Good” Ones
Match Day has come and gone. A whirlwind of emotions has hit medical students on that day. Some joy, some of ambivalence, some of disappointment. However, no matter what emotion you feel that day, you will need to start planning for lays ahead of you. The rest of your 4th year should be relatively easy as you will probably need to spend some time finding a new place to live and things like that. Please refer […]