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Wars create fortunes. Be the guy who sells the bullets, not the soldier fighting the war.

It's hardly a secret that investing in pre-IPO shares can generate big increases in equity value for stakeholders once a company goes public. However, such opportunities have historically been restricted to a select few. Now, new technology platforms are democratizing pre-IPO investing.

For 2 married doctors, the difference between filing taxes jointly and filing taxes separately can be astounding.

Suppose sick-care had a freemium business model like LinkedIn? Basic services would be free, but patients would pay for premium services.

Something called the Physician's Misery Index is out and the results aren't pretty. Overall, the nationwide PMI is now 3.7 out of 5-meaning that for America's doctors "the scales are tipping from satisfaction to misery."

It's no secret America is one of the hardest working developed nations. But how do American cities stack up against each other?

Physicians spend an inordinate amount of time and incomprehensible amounts of money on insurance. But one of the biggest assets many physicians leave uninsured is their retirement accounts, specifically their IRAs.

Doctors are highly educated, yet many "cry like babies" when they're challenged about their personal finances. Here are 3 lessons doctors can learn based on common financial complaints.

Health care and biomedical innovation will drag until we move from a reimbursement-driven model to an innovation-driven model. Organizations need to have internal strategies to prepare for the shift.

Crieff was famous in the 1700s for its October Tryst when cattlemen from all over the Highlands of Scotland came south to this market town to sell their cattle. Today the visitors come for different reasons, such as touring the distillery and visiting historic castles.

Increased job additions and expectations of this trend continuing should keep the staffing companies busy. These companies are poised to gain from increased job creation in the economy.

A California startup offers on-demand house calls for less than $100. More doctors are opting for temporary jobs, and do physician harm patients when they over-simplify? Those stories and more in this week's PMD Critical List.

Many biomedical and health products and services are on the market and their success is driven by best guesses. The only way to know if these assumptions are valid is through commercial and scientific experimentation.

A study taking place in California could help make the case that telemedicine can drive down the cost of health care.

American workers got injured on the job at a rate of 3.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers in 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A look at federal regulations shows how the government compensates workers for different injuries.

Retirees want to live out their retirement years in a great home, and they're willing to move to achieve that goal, according to a new study.

You wake up in the middle of the night, gasping for breath while cold sweat drips down your face. You've just had a nightmare… about lawyers.

We need to be careful that the laying on of hands is not replaced by the tapping of thumbs. If it is, we will have to grapple with the consequences.

The numerical re-framing of our lives has yielded vast increases in knowledge and improved living conditions, but it is a mixed bag of results.

Identifying mutual fund managers who have outperformed the stock indexes in the past isn't hard. What's hard is identifying those who have the best chance to outperform in the next 10 and 20 years.

With all the changes in the world these days and the discomfort they have brought to air travel, what traveler is not interested in the future of travel? A well-known expert says keep an eye out for these trends in the coming year.

President Obama has publicly stated that he is against excessive and hidden fees for retirement accounts. This is important because if fiduciary rules for retirement plans are not altered, a segment of America will have little in their old age returned to them from these accounts.

The global health care and biomedical research and development landscape is changing quickly. All of these changes present biomedical and health care entrepreneurs opportunities to create new products, services, models, and platforms.

The Association of American Medical Colleges this week released new data suggesting the total US physician shortage could reach between 46,000 and 90,000 by the year 2025.

The US Department of Education says it will cut ties with 5 private collection agencies following allegations the firms provided misleading or inaccurate information to student loan borrowers.

Over time, a physician has the ability to certainly create higher wealth, but disciplined savings is needed and the breakeven with those making more average incomes is a lot farther down the road in life than most people think.

It seems like it's the "all things Warren Buffett" time of year. The celebrated titan of capitalism is revered for his financial smarts, but less well known is the role physicians played in his early success.

The first $1 trillion company might be in sick-care or preventive medicine. However, it won't happen until we change the rules of the game allowing barriers to come down, new ecosystems to evolve and new business models erupt that nourish international innovation adoption and penetration.

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett has released his annual letter to shareholders, and just like everything else the "Oracle of Omaha" says, the letter quickly attracted the attention of institutional and individual investors alike.

Crieff is farmers' fields and unhurried rivers. Manor houses and simple homes. Schoolchildren in uniforms. Butchers with striped aprons. Cobblestones. Shop windows showing whisky bottles and all the varieties of the kilt. Hills. Pedestrians everywhere. Cars searching in vain for street parking.