Evaluating Job Opportunities: Financial Factors to Consider
May 3rd 2022“Given the difference in state taxes, the bottom-line difference for the physician could be in 6 figures—every year! Compounded with even a conservative growth rate, this could mean millions of dollars of difference over a career.”
Tap the Tax, Savings Potential of Cash Balance Plans
October 20th 2021O’Dell is the managing partner with OJM Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, a financial consultant, and the author of more than a dozen books on wealth management for doctors. Foos is a partner and lead tax consultant with OJM Group in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Avoid choosing the wrong investment firm for you
October 1st 2012Over the past few years, many physicians have re-examined not only their investment assumptions, but also their relationships with investment advisory professionals. Declines in market values, such as the 2007-2008 40 percent drop in the S&P 500, often cause investors to rethink their investment strategies
Alternative investment options can significantly reduce portfolio risk
If you’re like most Americans, you feel less secure about the U.S. economy. Certainly, this is justified. Western European countries have run out of capital, unemployment-based riots have broken out in the streets of Great Britain, and the United States debt shield political debacle has caused our government debt to be downgraded from “AAA” for the first time in history.
Flexibility in financial planning can help to meet long-term goals
July 1st 2012We have consulted with thousands of doctors in all specialties during our combined 35+ years in practice. From this experience, we have become intimately familiar with how most physicians build their financial plans (what we call “wealth plans”). Too often, they have ignored the most important factor in a sophisticated long-term plan - flexibility.
Advisers' earnings: How do those you trust with your finances make their own living?
December 1st 2009The entire financial world was turned upside down during the years 2008 and 2009. Investors, executives, employees and the general public are left wondering, "Whom can I trust?" and "How will all these changes affect me?"
Group practice pitfalls: New financial threats demand more protection for your wealth
November 1st 2009If you think medicine is a difficult business today, you are about to face your largest financial challenge ever. There is an approaching confluence of events that could have a significant financial impact on most doctors, unless you do something to protect yourself.
Preventive medicine: Avoid common physician estate-planning mistakes
September 1st 2009Like many successful people, physicians are often so busy dealing with their practices and personal lives that they never take the time to deal with the important challenge of creating a tax-wise estate plan for their families. In fact, in our practices, we have found that fewer than 5 percent of doctors had a proper estate plan in place when we met.
Dispelling the myth: Despite misconceptions, asset protection planning a must
August 1st 2009As consultants to hundreds of physicians, we encounter many misconceptions about asset protection planning everyday. In this article, we will address the most important of all misconceptions regarding asset protection - that this area of planning is not important, because physicians practically, don't lose assets to medical malpractice lawsuits.
‘Sell’ your practice for millions
January 1st 2008Two techniques for selling your practice for millions when you retire are using a nontraditional retirement plan or a captive insurance company to fund a buyout. The key is to plan early. There are no outside buyers of practices willing to pay you millions for your practice anymore. If you want such a buyout, you must plan for it yourself.