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The Psychology Trick That Helps Dentists Stress Less and Focus More – Episode #652

This week on the Dentist Money Show, Ryan and Matt dive into the Blue Dot Effect—a psychological bias that makes...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Finance 101

How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Child?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

According to a recent study by LendingTree, the cost of raising a small child has jumped 35% over the past...
Topics: Work Life Balance

To Save or to Spend? Plan for your Present

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

“Plan for the Present” is the theme for our 2nd Annual Dentist Money Summit coming up later this month. As...
Topics: Finance 101, Saving, Spending

6 Dental Production Fixes for Summer Slumps

Each season brings reasons for declining production—holidays, vacations, school breaks. If summer feels like a slow season in your dental...
Topics: CE, Practice Management

Where’s Your Money Going? How to Track, Cut, and Align Spending – Episode #649

Is it time to spring clean your spending habits? On this episode of the Dentist Money Show, Jake, Will, and...
Topics: Saving

What’s Happening With The Housing Market?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

  If you took a snapshot of where the U.S. economy is right now, there are a lot of data...
Topics: Market, Real Estate

Listener Q&R #9: Tax-Loss Harvesting, Wash Sales, Liquidity & Stress – Episode #647

How does tax-loss harvesting help lower your taxes? What are some of the wash sale rules? How does my stress...
Topics: Liquidity, Taxes

An Argument For Shared Bank Accounts

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Here’s an opinion that may be controversial: I think every married couple should have combined finances and shared bank accounts....
Topics: Work Life Balance

Turn Stress into Strategy: Mastering Work-Life Balance as a Dentist – Episode #644

On this episode of the Dentist Money Show, Jake Elm, CFP® has a conversation with his client Dr. Ben Friberg...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Tracking Progress, Work Life Balance

Insurance Demystified: How to Decode EOBs & Optimize Pay

Do you know what an insurance list is? Do you know how 'term mapping' really helps your bottom line? Knowing...
Topics: Insurance, Practice Management

Is the Stock Market More Risky Today than in the Past?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I recently received the following email: “My experience with the stock market as an adult has been: I graduated college...
Topics: Finance 101, Investing, Market

Why Uncertainty Feels So Hard and What to Do About It – Episode #642

On this episode of the Dentist Money Show, Dr. Naomi Win from Orion Advisor Solutions, joins Matt to explore the...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Getting Organized