It’s Whatever Wednesday. I said it before, but I’m not really a car guy. However, I do like cars. So this post will be about cars because it’s Whatever Wednesdays and I feel like writing about them. When I used to help with interviews for residency I used to ask the candidates this question: You are only allowed one car for the rest of your life, what is it? The responses were all over the […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
*What is “The Track”? “The Track” is the road to being a physician. Every step of the way you are on “the track”. *What do you mean? Well, when one decides to become a physician, they have given themselves a direction and placed them firmly on “the track”. This decision can come as young as the classic “I’ve always wanted to be a physician” or as old as “I hate my current job and missed […]
The Track
So when people talk about finance, investment, retirement, etc. they always just throw 3 numbers at you (529 – College Savings Plan is one of them). “I maxed my 401k, but need to rebalance my 403b. Then I need to contribute some more to my 457b. I also need to set up that 529 for my kids.” These three numbers refer to the Internal Revenue Code subsection. So they sound scary, but they’re really not, it’s all related […]
What is a 529?
I asked my wife what I should talk about for this “Whatever Wednesdays” because it’s always good to get a different perspective on things. She suggested that I talk about our experiences with Child Care. I think this is something every family must deal with, especially if there is no strong extended family support system. For us, both being physicians made our schedules very rigid, which made finding good child care difficult. For this reason, I […]
Child Care
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
Memorial Day 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 […]