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James M. Dahle

Né(e): June 28, 1975 – Anchorage, Alaska, United States

James M. Dahle is an emergency physician and financial educator best known for founding The White Coat Investor. He focuses on investing, debt, insurance, and personal finance for physicians and other high-income professionals, and is the author of The White Coat Investor, a widely read guide aimed at improving financial literacy in medicine.

Citations

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Everything we now buy, including our home renovation (the most expensive purchase of our lives), we buy with cash
-The Wrong Way to Think About Debt
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But it will ALWAYS seem like there is something better to do with your money than pay off debt, whether it is investing or spending
-Deleveraging Your Life
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The most important decision in this regard is what percentage of your income is going toward building wealth
-Paying Off Debt Is a Guaranteed Return
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This is a fantastic guaranteed investment return
-The White Coat Investor
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If your spending quadruples when you leave residency, you blew a golden wealth-building opportunity
-What a Lifestyle Explosion Looks Like
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First of all, remember that it's your money. Do whatever you want with it
-The Power of 'Live Like a Resident'
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No matter who you are, when it comes to personal finance, the secret to success is to spend less than you earn
-Who Doesn't Have to Live Like a Resident?
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You don't get a pass on math. The math works the same no matter how you spend your money
-Finance for the Whole Family
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Delaying gratification indefinitely just causes you to be the richest person in the graveyard
-The Value of Patience

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Voix de la Communauté

"Jim Dahle has done a lot of thinking about the peculiar financial problems facing physicians"

William J. Bernstein. ((

"Jim Dahle’s advice is not only sound but accessible to all investors"

Paul Merriman. ((

"James Dahle started The White Coat Investor, now the most widely-read physician-specific personal finance site in the world"

PracticeLink. ((

"Jim Dahle has done for physician financial illiteracy what penicillin did for neurosyphilis"

Dennis Bethel. ((

"Dr. Jim Dahle hit send on his first WCI post in 2011, and a cottage industry was born"

Doximity. ((

"Dr. James Dahle is a practicing emergency physician and founder of White Coat Investor"

Student Doctor Network. ((

"James M. Dahle is an inspiration to thousands of young doctors and other professionals seeking financial independence"

Rick Ferri. ((

"Dr. James Dahle wrote The White Coat Investor to provide the basic understanding about wealth management"

ALiEM. ((

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