Margaret Curtis, MD
You Are A Better Investment Manager Than Your Investment Manager
If 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...
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Margaret Curtis, MD
Getting Good Advice
Physicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed gratification;...
Margaret Curtis, MD
What I Learned From Working With A CFP
I learned a lot from working with a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), about setting financial goals, insurance and college savings. I...
Margaret Curtis, MD
Trust but Verify
Physicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed...
Margaret Curtis, MD
Manage 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, MD
The Napkin Rule
Sound 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, MD
A Skeptic's Guide to the Stock Market
Many doctors, especially those new to investing, view the stock market with distrust or downright fear. As well they might: the players...
Margaret Curtis, MD
Why I (Briefly) Became an Independent Contractor
When 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, MD
Ethical Investing
A 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, MD
Confidence and Investing
A 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...