Maximizing PSLF: The Doctor / Lawyer / Parental Leave Loophole It's no secret that my wife and I are pursuing PSLF. In our Investor Policy Statement, one of our medium term objectives is anticipating loan forgiveness through PSLF. I've also mentioned our pursuit of loan forgiveness in several interviews, such as this one. To clear any confusion, we are not pursuing … [Read more...] about Maximizing PSLF: The Doctor / Lawyer / Parental Leave Loophole
Finance
Why I Don’t Have A 529 Plan For My Child
Why I Don't Have A 529 For My Child A lot of of my physician colleagues tout the benefits of a 529 plan. So do a lot of personal finance bloggers. But I don't have a 529 for my child. Don't worry, my wife and I are not expecting my daughter and any of our future children to fully pay for their own higher education. Of course we want our children to have a solid financial … [Read more...] about Why I Don’t Have A 529 Plan For My Child
Cutting Cable: The Benefits We Hope To Gain
Cutting Cable We finally pulled the trigger. A few days ago, I called the cable guy to discontinue our TV service. It was an easy decision. And it was something we should have done a long time ago. My wife and I have been thinking about it for while, ever since reading this, Why we didn't do it earlier, I don't know. We have been gradually decreasing our TV-watching to … [Read more...] about Cutting Cable: The Benefits We Hope To Gain
Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money
Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money Last weekend, I went to a medical school alumni event. We were celebrating our ten year med school class of 2008 reunion. It was a beautiful event filled with many fond and happy emotions. I was reunited with four of my closest classmates. We are now practicing in different cities so it was great to catch up with all of them. After ten … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money
Make A Statement! — An Investor Policy Statement
Make An Investor Policy Statement With the stock market dipping down last week then rebounding shortly after, it shows us how volatile stocks can be. And it's easy to become emotional when following the ups and downs of market volatility. We all know that it's important to not be distracted by the noise, stay the course, and stick with your investment plan. But what if you … [Read more...] about Make A Statement! — An Investor Policy Statement
My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience
My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience FinCon18 was absolutely fantastic. For almost a year, I had been enthusiastically looking forward to FinCon18. I had read so many amazing articles about the FinCons of years past that the FOMO in me just had to check it out for myself. I was so excited that I purchased tickets early in the year just in time for the early bird pre-sale … [Read more...] about My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience
Weekend Reflections 9/24/2018: Baby, Food, Speaking, and Shoutouts!
Weekend Reflections 9/24/2018: Baby, Food, Speaking, and Shoutouts!I haven't really kept up with the Weekend Reflections series. But I really should. Amazing things happen every day. This is especially true when you have a little human baby living with you and growing up before your eyes! Speaking of which, I'll start of by talking about some of the milestones that our baby … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections 9/24/2018: Baby, Food, Speaking, and Shoutouts!
Is My Portfolio On The Efficient Frontier?
My Portfolio And The Efficient Frontier After publishing Gasem's guest post, I wanted to take a closer look at my investment portfolio to see if it lies on the efficient frontier. As you recall, the efficient frontier is the set of optimal portfolios that offers the highest expected return for a defined level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected … [Read more...] about Is My Portfolio On The Efficient Frontier?
Asset Allocation Quantitative Style (A Guest Post From Gasem)
Today we have a guest post on the topic of asset allocation from a physician contributor that goes by the pseudonym Gasem. For those following physician personal finance blogs and forums, he needs no introduction; his insightful, helpful, and witty comments are ubiquitous in the physician PF space. However, many readers on this blog may not be acquainted with him yet. So … [Read more...] about Asset Allocation Quantitative Style (A Guest Post From Gasem)
Weekend Reflections: 7/29/2018
Weekend Reflections: 7/29/2018 Sunday 7/22 It was a good day at work today. What? Working on a Sunday? Yeah. I've been picking up a few extra weekend shifts this summer to make a little bit more money. Since my wife is on a 14 month long maternity leave, we are essentially a single income family for the rest of the year (she was only paid for the first three months of leave). … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections: 7/29/2018