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Tax Season is Upon Us - Small — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays. I’ve realized that recently all I’ve talked about is Crypto. Crypto is fun and interesting, but it’s not part of The Philosophy. So let’s bring everyone back to Earth and talk about the most fun season of all “Tax Season is Upon Us”. Tax Season is Upon Us Well, what is there to say. Break out your W2s and get all your financial documentation together and go pay the tax […]

Tax Season is Upon Us #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency Student Loans on February 9, 2018 by Sensei

Bubbles - Small — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays. It seems like there is a lot of “bubble talk” lately, mostly surrounding Cryptocurrency… but is that the only one? Today we’re going to explore “How Many Bubbles?” How Many Bubbles? Well, I’ve kind of already discussed that I think Bitcoin is a Bubble. Given my stance on that, I think if you’re planning to invest (gamble) on cryptocurrency that you should be Searching for Amazon. Basically, if we’re expecting […]

How Many Bubbles? #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Crypto Finance Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency Student Loans on February 2, 2018 by Sensei

Starting from The End — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again… and I’m going to talk about Crypto again. I do still plan to keep Finance Fridays primarily related to “The Philosophy”, however, I’ve received a few requests for more information on how to get started in crypto, so I wanted to address that. Without further ado let’s talk about “Getting Started in Crypto”. Getting Started in Crypto Before we move on, I must reiterate that Cryptocurrency is extremely volatile […]

Getting Started in Crypto #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Crypto Finance Finance Fridays Investing Medical Student Residency on January 26, 2018 by Sensei

Extra Money — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I think everyone knows that the federal tax laws went into effect, and supposedly a good majority of Americans should be paying less taxes for tax year 2018. So this begs the question: “What should I do with my extra money in February?” What should I do with my “extra” money in February? My advice? Pretend it doesn’t exist. Whatever the difference in your paycheck between January and February, take […]

What should I do with my extra money in February? ...

This entry was posted in Attending Crypto Finance Finance Fridays Investing Medical Student Residency Retirement on January 19, 2018 by Sensei

Bitcoin for Hawaii Wave — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I wasn’t planning to do another Crypto post, but I wanted to do a follow-up to my previous posts “No Bitcoin for Hawaii” and “How to Buy Bitcoin in Hawaii“. Today we’re going to talk briefly about “Bitcoin (and Crypto) for Hawaii?” — Sorry for the late post (explanation at the end) So… Hawaii can haz Bitcoin? In my prior posts I talked about how it was very difficult […]

Bitcoin (and Crypto) for Hawaii? #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Crypto Finance Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency on January 12, 2018 by Sensei

529s and the New Tax Law 2018 — Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I’ve been talking way too much about cryptocurrency lately, so today I wanted to do something different. Today we’re going to talk about 529s and the New Tax Law 2018. New Year, New Taxes So in the new year, I received a nice little notice from my 529 – Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) account. It talks about the implications of the new federal tax law and how it could […]

529s and the New Tax Law 2018 #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency on January 5, 2018 by Sensei