Reach For The Stars: In a nutshell

I’m really excited to present this post in the Nutshell series! Reach for The Stars was written by a physician- Dr Michele Cho-Dorado- and it always makes me immensely proud to shine a light on the amazing work our colleagues put out, outside of doctoring. When I was doing some work in the realm of […]

Done with Broke: In a nutshell

It is an honor for me to be writing this post. I had been eagerly anticipating the release of Dr Latifat Akintade’s first book, Done with Broke [The Woman Physician’s Guide to More money and Less Hustle] ever since I heard that she was writing it. I have had the immense pleasure of meeting her […]

Defining Wealth for Women: In a nutshell

It gives me great pleasure to review Dr Bonnie Koo’s new book Defining Wealth for Women: Peace, Purpose and Plenty of Cash. I’m writing a post in this series after a while and what better book to do it with than one written by a fellow woman physician. Defining Wealth for Women Dr Koo has […]

The Opposite of Spoiled: The 5-minute Version (Part 2)

Today we continue our 5-minute version of The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber’s outstanding book on raising decent, grounded kids with good values around money and life. If you missed Part 1, catch it here. In about 6000 words, I cannot do justice to a book of this stature. It is so well written, so […]

The Opposite of Spoiled: The 5-minute Version (Part 1)

I first read this fantastic book a couple of years ago and was blown away by all the smart, practical tips in it for parents looking to raise kids who are “grounded, generous and smart about money”. I wanted to condense it for you, because it should be required reading for every parent, for you […]

If You Can: The 5-minute Version

Dr William J. Bernstein is a neurologist, author and financial theorist. He has several books to his credit. Among them is If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, written in 2014. It is available as a pdf document, freely downloadable here. If you’d rather hold a book and turn its pages, it’s right […]

The Simple Path To Wealth: The 5-minute version (Part 2)

In the previous post, we covered about half of the gem that is The Simple Path To Wealth by JL Collins. Here, we continue from where we left off. Asset Allocation “Wealth Accumulation Phase” The author is a proponent of simplicity. He recommends sticking to the Total Stock Market Index Fund, preferably at Vanguard (VTSAX), […]

The Simple Path To Wealth: The 5-minute version (Part 1)

I am beginning the 5-minute version series with one of the simplest, yet most powerful books in the personal finance arena: The Simple Path to Wealth by J L Collins. Lines from this book have become veritable quotable quotes. I wish I’d chanced upon this book earlier, it espouses all that is good, solid investing. […]