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You’ve probably heard this sentence before: “The first million is the hardest.” I received an email about this not too long ago. “I’ve been following you since about 2019 and listening to most of the podcasts. I’ve heard that the first million in net worth is always the hardest. My wife and I are both […]
This blog occasionally gets into trouble because after years of answering similar questions over and over again, sometimes you want a change of pace. But maybe I’m spending too much time in the weeds and forgetting that most doctors and other high-income professionals reading this site still just need help with what I consider to […]
At The White Coat Investor we often talk about risks and costs, usually in terms of the potential to make money or the possibility of losing it. As the first female commercial astronaut to fly into space last year, I think a little differently about risk. Achieving my lifelong goal of going to space was […]
One of the most important lessons a successful investor must learn is to stop chasing performance. When chasing performance, you invest your money in what has performed best recently. It’s a superficial way to select an asset allocation (mix of investment types) and an even more superficial way to choose individual investments to meet your […]
Since mid-2024, BlackRock has offered life-cycle style ETFs, which include an income annuity as part of the asset mix. Now it looks like Vanguard wants in on the action, announcement in December 2025 a new range of target pension funds called Target Retirement Lifetime Income Funds. How do these differ from other target pension funds? […]
The followers of The White Coat Investor are on a broad spectrum in their approach to major financial activities (earning, spending, saving, investing and giving), ranging from zealous adherence to detached appreciation. Sometimes people look at it as the WCI community zigs, and I’ve appreciated being allowed to disagree on Vanguard, REITs, and tithes. But […]
