Josh Katzowitz

Have you ever wondered why it feels perfectly normal to pay someone for lawn care but awkward, or even rude, to offer money to a friend for giving your kid a ride home from soccer practice?

I am grateful and excited to be writing a WCI column again. My last column ran nearly 10 months ago, and since then, my life has taken some exciting, if not tumultuous, turns.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The White Coat Investor espouses an investing philosophy that says you can get wealthy and/or reach financial independence by being slow, steady, and consistent with your financial plan.

At a certain point in your career, improvement becomes less straightforward. Earlier on, be it in med school, residency, or even early attending life, the formula may have been clearer.

Long-term WCI readers are well-versed in why they should invest at least some of their portfolio in low-fee index funds . While the S&P 500 gets the most attention, it's far from the only option.

We haven't published a Most Controversial Articles post in about 17 months, but that doesn't mean all of the WCI content is sanitized for your protection.

Beginning in October 2025, we published the first in a new series of posts that explains how those in the WCI community think about retirement.

At my CPA firm, I have this conversation almost every week. A physician comes in for a tax-planning meeting, excited about a strategy.

Here's a problem: I suck at prognosticating. So much so that nearly everything that I predicted would happen in 2025 not only didn't, but the opposite occurred ! And it's not just 2025; it's every year.

Choosing a medical specialty is one of the most consequential financial decisions most physicians ever make. It determines not only the type of medicine we practice, but also the length of our training, the timing of our income, and the trajectory of our long-term financial life.