In my prior posts, I spoke a lot about retirement as well as index funds. There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal blog titled “Are Index Funds Eating the World?” To be honest, this is kind of a click-bait title (as is mine)… but it worked. I was curious, so I read it. I’d recommend you guys read it as well. However, the long and short of it is: The “secret” of index funds […]
Hey guys, If you’re a 4th year medical student, your ERAS application should be in. After every medical student tried to submit their application minute 1 day 1, ERAS crashed… again… like it does every year. Don’t worry, I’m not judging you guys, I did the same thing back in 2007. Relevant Ok, so now what? You’re a 4th year. Apps are in. You feverishly check your “ERAS” inbox every 10 seconds. Ivory Tower University sent […]
4th Year, ERAS, and the NRMP
Happy Labor Day! No Post Today. I would recommend checking out some other bloggers I read: PhysicianOnFire Future Proof MD Passive Income MD Dr. Wise Money All of us blog on the topic of Physician Finance/Retirement, although I am more of a “variety” (medicine/whatever/finance) blogger. It’s interesting to see how other physicians manage their finances and retirement. Overall, these other bloggers are much more aggressive about putting money away than I am, with plans for earlier […]
Labor Day and Blog Roll
This is the 4th post in my retirement series: Retiring Early, How to Retire Early, and Early Retirement is Easy? Once you decide you want to retire early, you’ll want to evaluate where your post-retirement dollar goes the farthest. I hinted at this in my prior posts. The first thing we need to evaluate is where are your post-retirement dollars coming from? For the majority of retirees, I think their retirement money is going to come from a mix […]
Best Bang for Your Buck Retirement Locations
It’s Whatever Wednesdays and as per usual, this will be kind of a random post about writing style. My writing style is kind of unique and weird. I tend to write as if I am having a conversation with someone. The other day I was trying to think about why I write like I do and I made a quick list in my phone. While this may be boring for some, it offers me the […]
Writing Style
EpiPen has been in the news a lot lately, mostly about the recent price increases. This has led to strong backlash and criticism against its parent company, Mylan, and its CEO, Heather Bresch. There is a lot information going around. However, I’m going to try to summarize what I have read and pieced together. Ok first things first: EpiPen recently increases the cost of a 2-pack of its product to $608. This was a significant increase since it previously cost […]