Everyone’s got a theory. I’m fairly sure the equity markets going to decline sometime in the near future. (The price to earnings ratio of the S&P 500 is much higher than average, which has historically predicted lower returns going forward, (although that may change if the market continues to pull back.) Warren Buffett almost always […]
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How Howard Stern Teaches Me to Be a Better Doctor
Maybe you already love Howard Stern. If so, I can’t imagine you’ll learn much from me. I’m no Superfan. But maybe you hate Howard Stern. Maybe you think he’s a sexist. Maybe you think it’s cruel the way he uses freaks (like little people with bad attitudes, schizophrenic pakastani teenagers, Tan Mom or…. list goes […]
Blue Ribbon Prize
I’ve been playing the miles game for about a year now. I’ve completed four separate card churns and have extracted terrific rewards. In the process I have saved thousands of dollars in travel, which I then dutifully invested in my retirement. I was planning my upcoming card churn today and trying to figure out which […]
Weighing In
So a month has passed since I proclaimed my intention to try the Vegan Before Six experiment. I talked about the philosophy behind VB6, and why it was appealing to me. My understanding is less theoretical now. I’ve lived it for a month. And it’s time for me to report back. But first i’ll surrender […]
How to Drink Wine
My nose is not small. That’s a fact. Although aesthetically a little ski jump a la Brad Pitt is generally seen as the ideal nose, I’ve tried to comfort myself with the idea that big noses simply must be better at smelling. One of the great things about wine tasting is that you can unselfconsciously […]
Balancing Act
For the time being capitalism is where it’s at. I’ve already waxed poetic about my outsized admiration for capitalism. But there are couple of points that I’d like to make. 1. Capitalism is but the blink of an eye relative to human history. It’s only logical to suppose that this too shall pass. Whether it […]
The Great Debate.
I’ve already touched on this subject, but questions remain. In my post the point, I explained why even someone (like me ) who loves their job is well served by pursuing the early retirement goal. And in carpe diem, I pointed out that saving for retirement is not really a sacrifice at all. But I’ve […]
Ticket to Ride
Traveling can be a very expensive endeavor. Once you are off of your home turf there are truly so many avoidable ways to blow your money on poor value. Flights, hotel rooms, rental cars, and eating out; each offers myriad possibilities for waste. The solution to the flight piece is travel hacking and collecting miles. […]
Experts Agree
Sometimes while eating lunch, I will turn on the television in the doctors dining room in my hospital and watch CNBC. I basically just want to know how well the markets are doing that day. Owning stock is fun and watching The funds I’ve invested in go up and down is not unlike the thrill […]
Tribalism
Since I started publishing my own musings on this blog, one thing that has increasingly struck me, is that I may just be preaching to the choir. When reading comments on posts that I’ve written, I’ve detected a pattern. People who are already savers, are often attracted to the ideas of early retirement theory. Likewise, […]
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