How is my Financial Health, Doc?

What are Alternative Assets and should I consider them?

Most of us are invested in the "market" in traditional assets such as stocks, ETFs, and bonds. Our investment portfolio ride the roller-coaster that is the market. Can we invest in assets that are not correlated to this roller-coaster? The answer is "yes". One way to diversify our investment portfolio is using Alternative Assets (also known as Private Equity). What are the pros, cons, caveats, and risks? We will address these questions in this episode.

 

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The Code Green Financial Conference will be on Feb 15th, 2025 in Toronto at the Old Mill Inn. Registration is now open! If you are interested in attending the Code Green Financial Fluency conference for healthcare professionals, please visit us at: https://codegreenfinancial.com/

 

Marketing inaccuracies about pension plans "designed" for physicians - Part 3

Physicians have now been bombarded with advertisements about pensions "designed" for them. Unfortunately, much of the marketing are not 100% truthful. As consumers of these plans, physicians need to understand 100% of the solution because being 50% truthful (while still true) is not the same as being 100% truthful. Buyer beware. Physicians need to do do their own due diligence.

 

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What does the increase in the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate mean for me and my family?

You have heard of the new Canadian federal budget that increased the Inclusion Rate on the Capital Gains tax. It finally went into effect on June 25th, 2024.

Physicians were given the right to incorporate their practices in lieu of a salary increase. Consequently, many physicians saved their money inside their corporation in the form of retained earnings and then invested it, as a way to save for retirement. Now, with the increase in the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate, this strategy is no longer as efficient. But what about all those physicians who used this strategy for the last 20 years? Is it all lost? Well, if no actions are taken, then "yes".

 

A few strategies to mitigate this increase exist. Listen to learn about them!

 

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Marketing inaccuracies about pension plans "designed" for physicians - Part 2

Physicians have now been bombarded with advertisements about pensions "designed" for them. Unfortunately, much of the marketing are not 100% truthful. As consumers of these plans, physicians need to understand 100% of the solution because being 50% truthful (while still true) is not the same as being 100% truthful. Buyer beware. Physicians need to do do their own due diligence.

 

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Marketing inaccuracies about pension plans "designed" for physicians - Part 1

Physicians have now been bombarded with advertisements about pensions "designed" for them. Unfortunately, much of the marketing are not 100% truthful. As consumers of these plans, physicians need to understand 100% of the solution because being 50% truthful (while still true) is not the same as being 100% truthful. Buyer beware. Physicians need to do do their own due diligence.

 

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Financial fluency for healthcare professionals - an intimate conversation with Sandy Pollack

We have Sandy back again to help us dive into understanding the importance of financial fluency for physicians and other healthcare professionals.

 

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Confession of your podcast host Vu.

In this episode, I am being interviewed by the David MacNicol, host of Lighthouse Outlook Podcast. We go into more private questions about me and how I came to create "How is my financial health, doc?". We also discuss the financial challenges of physicians and why this is so. I discuss the importance of financial wellness for healthcare professionals. I highlight the common mistakes made by medical professionals, such as neglecting personal finance, not understanding financial products, and falling victim to scams. Finally, I emphasize the need for financial fluency and the impact it has on preventing burnout among healthcare providers

Please enjoy.

 

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Technical Analysis and investing in the market: a conversation with Dr. Roger Sen

I welcome my friend Dr. Roger Sen to share with us his most recent passion and joy, which has become an income source for him. Dr. Sen has learned a new skill. We all can learn a new skill. he has developed his passion. We can all develop and nurture our passion. Who knows, someday, it can even become an income source.

Let's learn a little bit about Technical Analysis and investing in the stock market.

 

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Don't leave a mess - How to disaster-proof you family legacy. A conversation with Sandy Pollack

In this episode, we will have a very informative and generative discussion with my guest Sandy Pollack about what it means to make wise choices for your career and business that not only protect what you have worked so hard to build but reflect your why. 

 

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If you are a researcher (big "R" and small "r"), you need to know this: SR&ED

Physicians typically do not just wear one hat. Many of us tries to wear many hats at the same time (to our detriment). Don't worry, I do this too.

Some of us also wear the hat of a researcher (either big "R" or small "r").

 

However, most of us do not know we can be compensated by the government for the research we do. There is much money left on the table.

 

Here is an episode that deals with the SR&ED program.

 

Everyone should know about SR&ED. You may be entitled to receive this money back from the government.

 

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