White Coat Investor Podcast

How does the US tax foreign investment income? Foreign income is taxed as ordinary income on your US tax return. No free lunch here, sorry. The places that are paying higher interest rates are generally expected to depreciate against the dollar. So should you invest in foreign currency trading? Listen to this episode to learn more. Find detailed show notes and links to everything discussed in this...

Rick Ferri is a financial advisor and an accomplished author of 7 books related to investing. I consider him the heir apparent to Jack Bogle. In this interview we discuss passive investing and why you should be investing in index funds. As well as financial advisory fees and negotiating those fees with your advisor. At some point in our financial lives, it will be time to buy a home. A physician m...

What is Value Averaging and How Does it Work? It is an investing strategy that works like dollar cost averaging in terms of steady contributions, but differs in its approach to the amount of each contribution. My problem with it is mainly the side fund, the complexity and the extra work. I realized pretty early on I didn't need to do that to reach my goals but I discuss how to do it in this episod...

I first met Bill Bernstein at the Bogleheads Conference in 2008. I was a Bernsteinhead before I was ever a Boglehead. The Four Pillars of Investing was certainly one of the first good books on investing I ever read and had a huge influence on my financial outlook. This interview with Dr. Bernstein is chalk full of so much financial wisdom that every investor should know. I estimate that 80% of doc...

We talk about tips for physicians starting a family in this episode. You have to realize it has dramatic changes on retirement dates - pretty easy to FIRE without kids. Kids not only introduce additional expenses but can also change your lifestyle. It is a big decision. What do you want out of your life? As a white coat, you have valuable knowledge. Various companies want that knowledge. And they'...

Our guest this episode is Jonathan Clements, a previous WSJ columnist, the blogger behind HumbleDollar.com , and the author of 8 books (7 financial and a novel) including one of my all time favorites, How to Think About Money. From Jonathan, "There are those who think the goal of investing is to beat the market and amass as much wealth as possible, that street smarts and hard work ensure investmen...

Many financial advisors are salesmen masquerading as financial advisors. You need to learn how to differentiate between the two so you make sure you are getting good advice at a fair price. In this episode you can learn how to to do that as well as how to move away from your salesman financial advisor if you find yourself working with one. I estimate that 80% of doctors need, want, and should use...

Our guest this episode is Jimmy of The Physician Philosopher blog. Jimmy is an anesthesiologist, an academic physician working full-time and living on the East Coast. Despite his youth, he already has some impressive personal finance experience; he increased his net worth by 1/4 of a million dollars in his first year out of training and paid off $200,000 in student loans in 19 months. He clearly k...

There are lots of ways to pay for a home, 15 year mortgages, 30 year mortgages, fixed, ARMS, paying all cash. What is right for you? I answer listener questions in this episode about buying a house. Still not sure what to do with your student loans? Overwhelmed with how to tackle that giant debt in an ever changing political climate? The experts at StudentLoanAdvice.com are here to help guide you...

When should you hire a financial planner? You don't have to know everything about finance to take care of your own finances. You only have to know the parts that apply to you. The amount of knowledge you have to assemble in order to do your own financial planning and investing can be surprisingly minimal. But there are a lot of ways a financial planner can help you. We discuss these ways and when...

Let's talk about How to Get Rich. First thing is to avoid getting poor. That means minimizing the cost of your education, making sure you match. Making sure you get through your training. That doctor income is going to fuel your wealth creation. Even if you end up with a great side gig or become a real estate mogul, the doctor income is going to kick that off. It's the cash cow. So make sure you g...

Two readers are on this week's episode, a dentist and an attending physician. Both are in the process of taking control of their money and moving on from their financial advisors. I have no problem whatsoever with using an advisor, so long as the advisor charges a fair price for good advice. If the advisor charges too much, or gives bad advice (or both as is often the case), you should fire them....

A resident listener and a medical school listener come on the podcast today to have their financial questions answered. Still not sure what to do with your student loans? Overwhelmed with how to tackle that giant debt in an ever changing political climate? The experts at StudentLoanAdvice.com are here to help guide you through the best options to manage your loans – our experienced staff have cons...

Interview with Dr. Peter Kim, founder of Curbside Real Estate, addressing physician-specific issues encountered during the home buying process. We talk about how to avoid the most common mistakes doctors make when buying a home and how Curbside can save you time, money and stress. Did you know that the White Coat Investor not only has a podcast and a blog but several books that will help you on yo...

In this episode I interview Michelle Finkel. Dr. Finkel is a former Harvard Medical School faculty member with admissions experience and a board certified emergency physician. She started Insider Medical Admissions to use her experience and expertise to guide clients through the medical admissions process successfully through reviewing essays and conducting mock interviews. She has helped well ove...

Lots of listener's voices on this episode. The speakpipe to record your questions is working well! I answer your colleagues questions about contributing to a Roth IRA for those married filing separately, taking out a 401(k) loan, funding HSAs, when it makes sense to file as an S Corp, exchanging an annuity, and more. If you found this podcast useful visit our blog at http://whitecoatinvestor.com f...

I'm often asked questions about investing in a surgery center but it is something that I have no experience with. So I brought on someone who does have experience as well as a doctor that is just at the beginning of the surgery center investment in his career to discuss this type of opportunity, the pros and cons, and what you should be looking for when given the opportunity to invest. If you foun...

Dr. Schofer is board certified in EM and currently serves in the U.S. Navy. Whenever I write anything inaccurate about being a military doctor he is gracious enough to set me straight. He has been a valuable resource to the WCI community and anyone who has ever thought about doing military medicine would do well to listen to this interview. There are a lot of unique aspects of practicing medicine...

Over the years, I've invested across the entire spectrum of real estate investments, from owning and managing an individual property and its tenant to buying and holding a REIT index fund. This has included investments with half a dozen crowdfunding sites, some individual syndicated investments bought directly from the syndicator and private real estate funds. Over time, I've gravitated more and m...

"As a young attending who has put into effect the many themes presented by the WCI, how would you recommend I go about helping my parents get into a better financial situation?" This is the main listener question I answer in this week's episode. Tread lightly if you are thinking about taking on the role of financial advisor to your parents. I explain many things you should think about before doing...

Your three favorite physician finance bloggers all in one podcast again! WCI, PIMD, and PoF answer listener questions in this episode ranging from who is the funniest and is curling a real sport? To backdoor Roth IRAs, investing in real estate vs index funds, and what are the most important financial topics to teach new physicians. Plus lots more questions. You will find it informative and enterta...

It is a tradition at The White Coat Investor to update the members of our community on the progress made in the last year. As usual, last year was our best year ever in nearly every respect. Thanks to all of you who have even the tiniest amount of responsibility for that. If you told even one person about the site or book or podcast, answered one question on the forum or Facebook group, or used th...

In this episode I speak with Crispy Doc, a financially independent emergency physician in his mid-40s, married with kids, living in coastal California. We discuss his mid-career burnout and how it was transformed by financial literacy. He learned to manage his investments. He saved aggressively using smart strategies tailored to high-income professionals. As financial independence came he found th...

I'm often asked "where should I start with the podcasts." I thought for our first podcast of 2019 that I'd lay out the WCI philosophy, so if someone asks "what podcast should I start with?" you can confidently say #87. In this episode I discuss the 12 Steps of the WCI philosophy. Listening to this episode will help people to understand the basics of personal finance and investing for high income e...

A listener emailed me who is lucky enough to get a generous gift every year from their grandparents of $14,000 in stocks. The stock is all from a single company that her grandfather worked for decades ago. Because he bought it early in the companies history it's basis is $0, meaning that they are on the hook for capital gains tax for anything they sell it for. The stock does relatively well and pa...