I have been very fortunate to meet another quite remarkable Millennial, who runs the website Young And The Invested, through interactions on Twitter as well as comments on this blog. Riley, who happens to be married to a physician, offered to write a multi-part series of posts that chronicled the financial lessons that […]
“The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.”– Chris Isaak, Wicked Game I am sort of glad that I am in the vast minority of the general population in terms of wanting to pursue financial independence in the hopes of one day retiring much earlier than […]
For long-time readers of this site, you may remember the post, “The Ultimate Checklist To Follow When Your Kids Move Out,” which was written by Good Nelly. That post was well-received on this site and I was therefore happy to find out that Good Nelly had another post that she wanted to appear […]
One of the financial no-no’s in the FIRE community, and particularly the physician FIRE community is shelling out large sums of money for your kids to attend private school instead of public school. It is indeed a very large expense with some private schools in the country costing more to attend than some […]
It is a known fact, but every generation feels that they had it worst and that other generations have it made. “When I went to school we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways!”- Every grandparent I thought that with the constantly-changing medical environment we live in, it would be quite enlightening […]
Mention to the general public the term “Rockstar” and 9 times out of 10 they will be picturing a lead singer in a megaband (such as Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, etc. (I really am showing my age with this one). However that same word has a completely different connotation with money nerds […]
Webster’s dictionary defines Arbitrage as: The nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of securities or foreign exchange in different markets in order to profit from price discrepancies. The purchase of the stock of a takeover target especially with a view to selling it profitably to the raider. The financial blog community has cleverly […]
My daughter just started the 8th grade this fall (2018) but has already expressed an interest to join the medical field as a physician. Of course, as a parent, there is a sense of pride that swells when hearing that information for the first time. Most families, particularly those of the Asian/Indian descent place […]
Sometimes when I check my mailbox I am pleasantly surprised by someone who is offering to write a post for my website. Although I am about 5 years away from becoming an “empty nester,” when Nelly offered a blueprint of how to prepare for this eventual transitional period I absolutely jumped at the […]
[This post was written on 9/27 and 9/28 during the heart of FinCon 2018] For many bloggers, FinCon provides abundant material to create a post from. FinCon ’18 also provided me with material for a post, however this was not the post I had in mind or wanted to write. For those viewers […]
