White Coat Investor Podcast

Updated: 31 Jul 2025 • 664 episodes
www.whitecoatinvestor.com

Host, Dr. James Dahle, is a practicing emergency physician and founder of the White Coat Investor Blog. Like the blog, the White Coat Investor Podcast, is dedicated to educating medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar high-income professionals about personal finance and building wealth, so they can ultimately be their own financial advisor—or, at least know enough to not get ripped off by a financial advisor! We tackle the hard topics like the best ways to pay off student loans, how to create your own personal financial plan, retirement planning, how to save money, investing in real estate, side hustles, and how everyone can be a millionaire by living WCI principles. Learn more at http://whitecoatinvestor.com/

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Today we are talking about everyone's favorite topic - the Backdoor Roth! We are answering questions about common mistakes for the Backdoor Roth IRA as well as having a larger discussion around what the Mega Backdoor Roth is, who it makes sense for, and how to make the most of it. Today’s episode is brought to us by So

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Today we have a guest coming on the show for the second time. He was on about 3 years ago after he paid off his student loans. Today he is back to celebrate paying off his wife's student loans, as well as becoming a Millionaire. He said it has been surprising how easy it has been to reach these milestones. They have th

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There has been a lot of concern around student loans and what impact the new legislation will have. Today we bring on Andrew Paulson of https://StudentLoanAdvice.com to explain what he knows so far about what to expect from the changes. Dr. Dahle walks through different elements of the bill. We answer a question about

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Today we are taking with a newly graduated med student who made it through school debt free. She worked four different jobs and ended up joining the National Guard to help cover costs. She worked hard to save up enough to pay cash for her first year of school before joining the military to cover the last 3 years. After

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Today we are answering your questions about estate planning and passing on of wealth to future generations. We talk about the value of giving your kids their inheritance earlier in life when they need it most. We discuss if buying variable annuities as a way to pass wealth to your children or grandchildren is a good id

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This dual doc couple has a very impressive milestone today. They have saved $100,000 towards retirement during residency. They wanted to give themselves more compounding interest time and not wait until they were attendings. This doc also shared about their student loan journey. They met with Andrew at StudentLoanAdvic

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