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If day trading, commodities or puts and calls are not arcane enough investing for you, I have three ideas that might intrigue. They are - in order of decreasing risk - investing in pending lawsuits, viatical or death bond investments, and factored structured payouts.

If you're looking to get away during the holidays, do you like window displays and cold weather or golf courses and the beach?

The problem of the current physician shortage (which is only expected to get worse) is one of basic economics: supply is simply not keeping pace with demand.

Stock market predictions aren't what they are cracked up to be. No one can forecast the future. Still, investors often believe what they are told. Does it work to their advantage?

Physicians will be more likely to turn away obese patients for being high-risk because of ACOs, which base reimbursement partially on keeping a low complication rate.

The sales and promotions on Black Friday are always enticing, but not everyone is willing to get up at 5 a.m. and battle the crowds to save some money.

There is one consistent piece of advice that physicians share in regards to being a successful entrepreneur: persist, persevere, prevail.

We cannot afford another four years of the dangerous and misguided public and economic policies that have ballooned the deficit, crushed the economy and put millions of Americans out of work. Left unchecked, this fiscal irresponsibility will kill America's future.

Overall, shoppers expect to spend more this holiday season than last year's, but they also plan to take advantage of more sales and deals.

How some investment managers are designing portfolios for normal, bear, and "crash" markets by including several layers of risk management.

The Saguenay is the only fjord in North America, and its residents are proud of the city's beauty and the activities the environment provides.

Travelers with their sights set on the Galapagos Islands might find it a bit more difficult to visit. Ecuador will begin limiting the number of visitors to the Islands by putting into place new rules and regulations regarding cruise routes.

Even during market declines, dividend-paying stocks hold up better than non-dividend-paying stocks and sometimes fight the broad trend and rise in value.

The equity in a medical practice can often depend on whom you intend to sell the practice. For instance, there's a difference between what your practice is worth on the open market and how much is it worth on liquidation and dissolution.

The responsibility of risk means appreciating and actualizing the philosophy of the safe use of drugs. For example, by not just educating physicians about the drug, but educating them about the drug's label too.

Americans have a rather dismal outlook on the economy based on recent events at home and abroad. Almost two-thirds think a double dip recession is likely or already here.

The Le Boreal is the first cruise ship to discover the small town of Tadoussac, which is home to the older surviving wooden church in North America and a 70-year-old Victorian hotel that was rebuilt after it burned down.

The first in a series of articles on employee embezzlement in the medical practice setting from Physician's Money Digest discusses how to recover if you are an embezzlement victim.

Depending upon your age, investment fortunes and inheritance status, your medical license is far and away the biggest asset that most doctors have.

American physicians who do consulting work for pharmaceutical companies get paid roughly 13% more than their European counterparts. And reaching one rate globally might not be possible.

Vacations are supposed to be all fun and relaxation; unfortunately, a bad hotel experience can ruin it all. Here are the worst things travelers have to put up with at hotels.

When a child moves away from the home the first time, it might make parents nervous if they haven't taught their offspring the proper way to handle finances. Here are ways to get your kid thinking about his or her money.

Historically, the market always recovers from a significant downturn, but your decision about how to react to a downturn depends most on your particular situation and your age.

Americans are planning some big vacations for 2012. More than a quarter of respondents in a TripAdvisor survey plan to take five or more leisure trips.

Until the end of 2011, medical practices can write off up to $500,000 of new equipment expenditures - on things like diagnostic instruments and EMR software - in a single tax year as opposed to multiple years.

While the majority of physicians believe that EHR systems are safer, the people whose information will be saved digitally differ. More patients would prefer paper records.

The Mingan Archipelago is made up of 30 limestone islands with natural monuments carved by the sea and the passage of time.

Barnes & Noble has unveiled its newest device and direct competitor with Amazon's table. The price tag for the Nook Tablet is higher because B&N believes its device has superior insides.

There's no way to predict how the stock market will move or how the European debt crisis will fix itself, so your best bet is to maximize your income, minimize your outgo and religiously save and invest the difference.

Physicians have a lot of misconceptions about how to protect their assets from a lawsuit. There are a few degrees of protection that you can put in place.