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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Recently, I’ve been considering cutting down my emergency fund. So today I’m going to talk about “Do I really need an Emergency Fund?” Do I really need an Emergency Fund? Conventional wisdom is that your emergency fund should consist of 3-6 months of “fixed expenses”. For example, a mortgage payment, loan repayment, food/water, etc. Basically, it should be enough to keep the household running for a certain period of […]

Do I really need an Emergency Fund? #illumedati


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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays, and medical students in the NRMP match will all be finding out where they will be spending their next few years in residency… So let’s talk about “Residency and Retirement“. Residency and Retirement? Yea. I know, not usually something people think about in the same sentence. However, the picture of the watch above is to highlight a point. Time is of the essence. The best way I can describe this […]

Residency and Retirement #illumedati



Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Today I was going to look at my portfolios and see if I needed to rebalance or not. So rather than just do all the work, I’d figure I’d share the data and my thoughts with you guys, without getting into too much detail. So let’s talk about “My Portfolios for 2018“. My Portfolios for 2018 The major retirement accounts I have are: Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) [mine] Thrift […]

My Portfolios for 2018 #illumedati




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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays. First of all, I apologize that this is late. I’m working nights this week and after waking up to help my wife get the kids ready for daycare, I slept in past my normal alarm. Nonetheless, today we’re going to continue talking about Roth 401k/403b in Residency Portfolios. Stock Photo from: Pexels In my prior post Roth 401k/403b in Residency How To, I went over the basics of putting together a Roth […]

Roth 401k/403b in Residency Portfolios #illumedati


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Hi guys, it’s Finance Fridays. I apologize for the late post, but this will be a short post. It’s just a follow up to a prior post, a Roth 401/403b in Residency How To. Stock Photo from: Pixabay So that Match has come and gone and you will start receiving these packets from your residency programs. Most of this paperwork isn’t too difficult and just relates to identifying information and other things that should be in “The […]

Roth 401k/403b in Residency How To #illumedati