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Physicians Can Hire a Money Doctor to Cure Personal Finance Woes

You would probably never hear any of them tell you, but most physicians are awful at personal finances.  We’re talking about the most basic aspects of day-to-day financial management – budgeting, bill...

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Is There a Perfect Investment for Physicians?

At the moment physicians realize that there must be more to wealth accumulation than just bank savings and CDs, the world of investments opens up, and, if you’re like most busy physicians, it can be...

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How New Physicians Can Achieve Savings Success

One of the bigger financial challenges for fledgling physicians is staying motivated to keep setting aside a greater portion of their earnings for savings.  Saving money, for the sake of savings, while...

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Auto Coverage for Physicians Comes Up Short

For many physicians, structuring their auto insurance policy comes down to obtaining the greatest amount of coverage at the lowest cost. And, because auto insurance has become commoditized, the focus...

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Are Annuities Right For Physicians?

One of the principal tenets of investing is that no one single investment is right for everyone.  Every investment has certain characteristics, risks, and objectives that must match those of the...

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Debt Management for Physicians

Perhaps the most encouraging outcome of the latest recession is the increasing emphasis on debt reduction by most Americans.  We are borrowing less and saving more, and, hopefully, developing some more...

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Helpful Life Insurance Advice for Physicians

Few consumer products are the object of a love/hate relationship as life insurance.  The thought of buying life insurance is not something that most physicians relish, yet, if it is done right, it can...

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Top 5 Financial Mistakes Young Physicians Make

While it’s true that young physicians have their whole lives ahead of them, there is a lot to be learned from the lessons of the last decade which can make living them a whole lot easier. The financial...

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The Biggest Investment Mistake Physicians Make

Whether investing for retirement or any other objective, the biggest investment mistake physicians make is not having a sound investment strategy in place to guide their decisions. The challenge in...

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Physician’s Retirement Savings Threatened by Long Term Care Costs

With the average life expectancy surpassing age 85, the number of people who will require some sort of assistance performing daily living functions can be expected to increase dramatically. Already one...

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Physician Investing Mistake #1: Investing to Conservatively

That physicians tend to be risk-adverse and cautious in their approach to investing can work to their advantage.  But the same approach, when applied through several market cycles consisting of both...

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Physician Retirement Plans Benefit from Diversivication

As with too many retirement savers, it took two stock market crashes (2001, 2008) and a global financial crisis for Randy Page, M.D. to finally realize that trying to time the market or pick specific...

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Top Reasons Why Physicians Buy Annuities

As a financial planning tool, annuities are among the most versatile and effective vehicles when used for the right reasons.  With the variety of different annuity products available, and the many...

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Physician Retirement Planning Mistakes

With rising retirement costs, longer life spans, and the need to rely almost exclusively on one’s own assets for income, there is little margin for error in planning for retirement. When we’re talking...

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Physician Retirement “Gotchas” to Avoid

Unquestionably, physicians are starting to take their retirement planning much more seriously. With life expectancy on the rise, greater economic uncertainty on the horizon, and lowered expectations...

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The Importance of Starting Your Estate Plan Now

You would be hard pressed to find more than a few intelligent and responsible individuals who wouldn’t agree that planning for the future is one of the most important things we can do as adults,...

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A Winning Strategy for Saving Money while Reducing Your Debt

Save money or pay off debt, it’s a conundrum for new physicians.  Both are important, but many physicians feel cornered by the decision because their budget only allows them to do one or the other....

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Managing Debt – A Financial Weight Loss Formula

Perhaps the most encouraging outcome of the latest recession is the increasing emphasis on debt reduction by most Americans.  We are borrowing less and saving more, and, hopefully, developing some more...

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When to Seek Tax Help

Few people would argue that taxes aren’t complicated. Even for the simplest of situations, taxes can be perplexing for no other reason than the rules keep changing.  As your financial situation...

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