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A beginner site to personal finance for the med student novice

GUIDE 04

Investments

  • Investments

    • Things you can do with your money in your accounts, ideally to make more money but this is not guaranteed, so there are risks.

    • Generally, low risk low reward (safe), high risk high reward (not safe)

      • Stocks

      • Bonds

      • Mutual funds

        • Index funds

          • Actively vs passively managed index funds

      • Asset allocation

      • Real estate

        • 50% of physician will change jobs from year 1 to year 2

        • If you aren’t sure, rent, buy if at least staying more than 5 years

        • Fixed costs: taxes, utilities, services