Margaret Curtis, MDJan 7, 20192 minYou Are A Better Investment Manager Than Your Investment ManagerIf the low returns and high fees of mutual funds haven't already convinced you to manage your own money, here are three more reasons you...
Margaret Curtis, MDDec 27, 20182 minGetting Good AdvicePhysicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed gratification;...
Margaret Curtis, MDDec 9, 20183 minWhat I Learned From Working With A CFPI learned a lot from working with a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), about setting financial goals, insurance and college savings. I...
Margaret Curtis, MDNov 25, 20182 minTrust but VerifyPhysicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed...
Margaret Curtis, MDNov 24, 20182 minManage your money like you want to be rich, not like you already are.Among all the recent articles predicting the imminent demise of the bull market (one of which will be right, someday), was this one:...
Margaret Curtis, MDOct 24, 20181 minThe Napkin RuleSound investments are so simple they can be explained on the back of a napkin. Stocks are partial ownership of a company. Stocks are...
Margaret Curtis, MDOct 19, 20183 minA Skeptic's Guide to the Stock MarketMany doctors, especially those new to investing, view the stock market with distrust or downright fear. As well they might: the players...
Margaret Curtis, MDSep 29, 20183 minWhy I (Briefly) Became an Independent ContractorWhen I started my current job, I asked that the first month I work as a per diem before starting as an employed physician. The duties...
Margaret Curtis, MDSep 24, 20183 minEthical InvestingA friend who is a whip-smart trauma surgeon but says she doesn’t know anything about finance, recently asked me about “ethical investing”....
Margaret Curtis, MDAug 31, 20182 minConfidence and InvestingA residency classmate of mine placed a SC line by himself. Without an attending present. As an intern[1]. When I was an intern, I had to...
