MDNews - Central Pennsylvania

Winter 2017

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YOU COULD SPEND EYEGL AZING HOURS PERUSING A BOOKSTORE'S PERSONAL FINANCE SECTION AND AGONIZING WEEKS READING THE 74,000 BLURBS THAT AN AMAZON SEARCH YIELDS ON THE SUBJECT, BUT FINDING ENGAGING BOOKS WITH VALUABLE GUIDANCE MIGHT STILL INVOLVE PLENT Y OF GUESSWORK. JA ME S M. DA HLE , MD, FACEP, of whitecoatinvestor.com, o ers recommendations to help physician readers cut through the clutter: + Personal Finance for Dummies, by Eric Tyson. "[A] compre- hensive look at the subject in the usual dummies format," Dr. Dahle writes. He adds praise for another book by Tyson, Mutual Funds for Dummies, which helped Dr. Dahle fi nd his own way out of the fi nancial woods years ago. + The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, by Andrew Tobias. Readable and witty, this book remains a best-seller more than 30 years after it was fi rst published, Dr. Dahle notes. + The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need, by Larry Swedroe. Written for those who have some knowledge of the relevant terminolog y, Swedroe's book helps readers map a comprehensive, persona lized approach to investing. + The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Gra ham. This is "perhaps the greatest book ever written for the masses on value investing," according to Dr. Dahle. The author's role as Warren Bu ett's mentor doesn't hurt, he adds. Read Your Way to a Better Financial State BY STEVE BARRETT CORE Benefits of YOUR SKILLS ARE STILL SHARP, AND YOU FIND THE WORK FULFILLING. YOU'RE NOT RE ADY TO RE TIRE, BUT YOU WOULD ENJOY MORE FREE TIME. REDUCING YOUR HOURS MAY NOT BE AN OPTION IN YOUR CURRENT JOB. OR, PERHAPS, YOU JUST HE AR THE CALL OF THE OPEN ROAD. BY STEVE BARRETT Late-career Locum Tenens Work IF THIS DE SCRIBE S your situation, you may be an ideal candidate for a locum tenens position. Here are some advantages of locum tenens work that you might want to consider, according to Jess Huckins, Managing Editor at the Peabody, Massachusetts, head- quarters of recruiting and sta" ng fi rm Barton Associates: + Flexibility in setting your schedule + No long-term commitment + Expansive opportunities for travel + Support on the logistics and costs of travel + The freedom to focus on patient care rather than issues such as sta management Locum tenens work by physicians late in their careers also benefi ts the facilities where they are employed, Huckins writes on Barton Associates' blog. Patients gain access to seasoned clinicians, and full-time physicians at those sites gain the time necessary to update their skills. It's an option that appears to be increasingly attractive to physicians. Companies that recruit locum tenens physicians should see up to 9 percent growth through 2020, A.J. Rice, Managing Director at investment research fi rm UBS, said in an article in Modern Healthcare. ■

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