To Boost Happiness, Trade Your Money For Time

A major focus of this blog is to help improve your finances and increase your net worth through shrewd, but simple investing techniques. But...

Save Money On Childcare With The Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account (FSA)

For many families, childcare is a major part of their household budgets. Some families spend several thousand dollars a month on childcare, depending on...

How Much Do Doctors Make? Takeaways from Doximity’s First Annual Physician Compensation Report

Physicians and non-physicians alike are curious about doctors' salaries. Information on physician salaries is scattered, with the MGMA survey being the most widely-cited compensation survey....

Would Most Doctors Pass The Stanford Marshmallow Test?

The premise of the marshmallow test is simple. Put a young child in a room with a marshmallow. Promise them two marshmallows if they can...

The Financial Cost Of Being An Academic Physician

After doctors finish their medical training, there is a spectrum of career options that range from full-time clinical medicine (which most people choose) to...

Should You Save For Your Child’s Graduate School?

For most physicians, it is a given that they will pay for their children's college education. Most physicians should not have to sacrifice their...

Understanding The Medicare Physician Payments Database

In an era of increasing transparency in medicine, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been publishing data on payments to individual...

How often do you check your investments?

I'll admit, I check my investments way more than I need to. Checking the stock market is a form of procrastination, along with Facebook...

Annual Contribution Limit Increases for 2019 (401k, 403b, IRA, HSA)

We're nearing the end of the year, and people are starting to think ahead to 2019. November brings open enrollment season for many workers, so...

Top 5 Methods That Doctors Can Use To Reclaim Their Time

As with most professionals, doctors exchange their time for money. Sure, there are clever side gigs, real estate investments, and other means for us...