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April 26, 2026

Before You Build Your Dream Practice, You May Have to Kiss Frogs

Why early-career physicians need volume, exposure, and trust before selectivity.

April 26, 2026

Sorta Random Sunday: The Let's Make A Deal Dilemma

For those like myself who were unaware, Let's Make A Deal is a game show that first aired in 1963, hosted by Monty Hall. It

April 24, 2026

Examining the Tricky Psychology of Doctors and Money

Caring about money is not selfish. For physicians, it may be essential.

April 22, 2026

Have Investors Forgotten How to Panic? A Doctor’s Take

Markets keep shrugging off risk. That does not mean your strategy should change.

April 20, 2026

25 Financial Stats That Reveal the Real Cost of Becoming a Doctor

The path to medicine comes with debt, delay, pay gaps, and less control than most people realize.

April 17, 2026

Leverage in Investing: A Powerful Tool Physicians Should Understand

If you spend any time around investing conversations, you have probably heard the term “leverage.” It gets thrown around a lot. Sometimes it sounds like

April 16, 2026

Why I Haven’t Left Clinical Medicine

Why I’m still in the arena, even with financial independence getting close.

April 15, 2026

How to Use Debt to Buy Real Estate (& Why You Should)

It's funny. Six years ago, I had exactly zero idea how to invest in real estate. If you would have told me then that Selenid

April 13, 2026

How Real Estate Gave Me More Freedom in Medicine

When I finished training in 2020 and stepped into attending life, my focus was simple: build my practice, pay down debt, and make smart financial

April 12, 2026

What the Tax Deadline Reveals About Your Financial Life as a Doctor

Your tax return is more than a bill. It may be showing you where your financial setup is helping, hurting, or leaving money on the

April 8, 2026

Bear Market Basics for Doctors: How to Stay Calm and Keep Investing

A bear market could be ahead. Here’s how doctors should think about corrections, risk, and staying invested.

April 6, 2026

AI Just Exposed the Big Problem With Active Stock Trading

A new Harvard study found that AI could predict 71% of stock trading activity made by active fund managers from 1990 to 2023. Basically, machine

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