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September 14, 2026

Cash Balance Plans for High-Earning Physicians, Building a System for Lumpy Income, and Trust Provisions for Adult Kids

Transcript Intro Stephan Shipe: Welcome back to the Scholar Wealth Podcast. This week we begin with an anesthesiologist doing locums through an S-corp who already maxes a solo 401(k) and […]

September 9, 2026

Being Asked to Be an Executor Is a Job Offer, Not a Compliment

Most people hear the executor question as a compliment and answer it like one. Someone you care about is telling you she trusts you, above everyone else in her life, […]

September 8, 2026

You Probably Already Own the AI Build-Out

NVIDIA is roughly eight percent of the S&P 500 on its own. Broadcom, AMD, Intel, Dell, Seagate, and Eaton are all sitting in there too. Before going looking for a […]

September 7, 2026

Anthropic Trades Above $1 Trillion in Private Markets as Holders Sit Tight

Full Article Link: https://www.benzinga.com/exclusives/anthropic-trades-above-1-trillion-private-markets-holders-sit-tight Quote from Evan Mills “With the $1 trillion valuation, or anywhere north of that, it requires a lot of success to already be true. Investors are […]

September 7, 2026

The Executor Trap, the Machine Age Fund, and Handbags as an Asset Class

Transcript Intro Stephan Shipe: Welcome back to the Scholar Wealth Podcast. This week we start with a listener who was asked to serve as executor of a close friend’s estate […]

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