ER Doc Advisor - Financial Planning & Taxes for Emergency Physicians

EP 289: The Biggest Threat to Your Portfolio Isn’t the Market

What if the biggest risk to your investments isn’t the market—but something much closer to home? Today, we’re diving into a factor that quietly changes over time, yet has a massive impact on how financial decisions get made.

It’s not something most investors plan for, and it doesn’t show up on any statement. But under the wrong conditions, it can completely alter the trajectory of decades of work.

Topics Discussed   

  • Why fluid intelligence and investment decision-making are connected.
  • What separates a knowledge problem from a processing problem.
  • What the gap between confidence and capability looks like in later-stage investing.
  • Why self-directing investments in retirement is its own category of risk.
  • What 36 years of geopolitical data shows about market behavior.

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ER docs, emergency medicine, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, behavioral finance, geopolitical risk, retirement portfolio risk, investing, capital gains tax, wash sale rule, portfolio survivability