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Margaret Curtis, MD

Jan 7, 2019
2 min

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

Dec 27, 2018
2 min

Getting Good Advice

Physicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed gratification;...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Dec 9, 2018
3 min

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 a...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Nov 25, 2018
2 min

Trust but Verify

Physicians have a reputation for being bad at managing their finances. The reasons are many, and include: years of delayed gratification...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Nov 24, 2018
2 min

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: "Wha...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Oct 24, 2018
1 min

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 boug...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Oct 19, 2018
3 min

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 ...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Sep 29, 2018
3 min

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 an...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Sep 24, 2018
3 min

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”...

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Margaret Curtis, MD

Aug 31, 2018
2 min

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...

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