Financial Management

Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, aka TIPS, provide investors with a return that is indexed to inflation over the life of the bond. With the sharp increase in inflation that began in 2021, many investors who own TIPS expected to see gains as a result.

“After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.”

Today’s inflationary environment has thrown a wrench into the wealth creation ability of many asset classes, further underscoring the need for good financial security from your career.

Often, after speaking about taxes at a medical conference, we are approached by physician attendees who have read that billionaires, like Warren Buffet and Elon Musk, pay less taxes than they do and they wonder how that can be.

Like their patients, physicians often become more concerned about long-term care coverage as they age.

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”

Often, after speaking about taxes at a medical conference, we are approached by a physician attendee who has read that billionaires, like Warren Buffet and Elon Musk, pay less taxes than they do and they wonder how that can be.

If you are an orthopedist who follows the financial media, amid the stories of gloom and doom, you have likely heard of a new investment strategy that is offered by many financial institutions called direct indexing.

MONTEREY, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Lola Idowu, MD, discusses highlights from this year’s program.

Between the loss of income and increases in medical care costs, disabling injuries suffered by high-income physicians can cause financial devastation that far exceeds that of their premature death.