It’s getting close to July and that means that many of you will be moving to begin your new residency, fellowship, or real-life job – Congratulations! With that next step, though, comes the process of moving all your earthly belongings on to your new residence. Andrea and I are performing a pre-wedding move right now, [...]
matt Personal Finance moving, relocation
Happy Match Day 2009! Hopefully you got into your choice of programs and can now relax and enjoy your last couple months as a med student. This post should help those of you who just matched and those of you who still have a couple years of school left to begin on your path towards [...]
matt Personal Finance Investing, medical student, personalfinance, retirement, Taxes
It’s getting close to match day where those fourth year medical students amongst us will have their next 3-4 years decided for them. It was a crazy time for Andrea and I not knowing where she would end up for the next three years, but we got through it when she got her second choice [...]
matt Personal Finance house, rent vs buy
How Corporations Make Financial Decisions About You
Since we live in a society where not everyone knows your name nor your reputation, trust is a hard thing to come by. For example, when you apply for a loan, the bank doesn’t know you or your past financial history. Similarly, insurance companies don’t know you personally and [...]
matt Personal Finance credit, personalfinance
Andrea and I both have mySmart Cash accounts from Fidelity. After much research, this account seems to fit all of our needs very well. Here are some of the benefits:
Links seemlessly with our Fidelity joint brokerage account that we use for our joint expenses
If one of us were to overdraft our checking accounts, funds pull [...]
matt Personal Finance banking, personalfinance