
Dev Raga Personal Finance
Money concepts made simple for busy professionals, hosted by Melbourne-based doctor Dev Raga. New episodes every Wednesday.Formerly named my millennial money professional Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

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Jan 10, 2023 • 36min
302 recessions, depressions, causes, protections
Today's episode is all about recession: what it is, what causes it and what you can do about it. Dev touches on:👉 what is a recession vs what is a depression👉🏼 what is a business cycle 👉🏽 examples of past recessions 👉🏾 triggers and causes👉🏿 how you can protect yourself during a recession Related listening 🎧248 what is stagflation?209 what is a financial bubble?🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 3, 2023 • 36min
301 calculating returns
If you're an investor you would want to ensure you're making money not losing it, so how are investment returns calculated? Dev explains some different methods touching on:👉 what is a return👉🏼 annualised returns👉🏽 nominal returns👉🏾 real return👉🏿 purchasing power👉🏻 and ratios ratios ratios (e.g.: ROE, ROI, ROA) - demystifying these ratios🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 28, 2022 • 50min
255b an interview with Ryan about locuming pt 2 (rates, locum overseas, non doctor locuming + more)
This episode is part 2 of the interview on locuming with Ryan from 1Medical locum agency! In this chat Dev asks Ryan:👉 can a locum agency become an employee at the hospital they have locumed in before?👉🏼 what happens with cancellations👉🏽 do you think rates will stay as high as they have been?👉🏿 what about overseas locum opportunities?👉🏾 what about non doctor opportunities?👉 how do locum doctors structure their finances e.g. ABN, sole trader or Pty Ltd?👉🏻 what makes a good locum agency?🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 27, 2022 • 55min
255 an interview with Ryan about locuming pt 1 (working with agencies, onboarding, travel allowance + more)
Many of our listeners are doctors who have a ton of questions about locum work so Dev unpacks them with special guest Ryan Kevelighan who is the Director of 1Medical locum agency. Stay tuned for a bonus part 2 of this interview dropping tomorrow. Today's episode touches on:👉 what does it take to create and run a locum agency?👉🏼 do agencies only deal with public hospitals, or deal with private hospitals as well?👉🏽 what makes a hospital easier to deal with?👉🏾 how can doctors and locum agencies work better together?👉🏿 how can locum agencies help with the stifling bureaucracy when it comes to credentialing and paperwork?👉🏻 how does travel allowance and time taken to travel work?Check out HealthPass: www.healthpass.au🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 2022 • 53min
254 money wins: an interview with Maz
In this episode special guest Maz joins us on the show. Maz is a physiotherapist who left her public position to work in a private practice setting. We discuss physiotherapy as a profession and how Maz goes about her personal finances including some of the money wins she's had.The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2022 • 30min
253 locum work, transferring property to family, my portfolio has lost money, salary packaging + more
Continuing on from last week's Q&A, Dev answers more of your questions:👉🏾 are medical financial advisers better than general advisers?👉🏿 what are the new rules for family trusts?👉🏻 tips for locum work👉 transferring property to family e.g. kids👉🏼 what is moldability and why you need it in your career👉🏽 my portfolio has lost money, should I sell at a loss or wait for the market to bounce back?👉🏻 Maxxia wallet - is it worth it or not?Related listening 🎧046 what is a financial alpha? Are financial advisers worth it?220 practice ownership: things to consider!227 tax time Q&A with an accountant080 asset allocation strategies and rebalancing064 what is capital gains and losses?094 income and deductions!216 active vs passive income🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 6, 2022 • 45min
252 DCA vs lump sum investing, careers outside of clinical work, ATO payment plans + more
Today's episode is packed with some great listener questions touching on:👉🏾 how do ATO payment plans work?👉🏿 dollar cost averaging vs lump sum investing👉🏻 pursuing FI to have freedom of career choice rather than retirement👉 career options outside of clinical work👉🏼 single parent, divorced & practice owner, what should I do with my money?👉🏽 tips for transitioning from Centrelink to salary👉🏻 private health insurance, do you need it?👉🏾 money mindset depending on whether you grew up poor vs privilegedATO payment plan estimatorEpisodes mentioned in the chat 🎧120 what is div 293? The sneaky tax!067 what is behavioural finance?223 burnout, self care + defence housing059 is private health insurance worth it?249 & 250 an interview with Aussie Firebug🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 2022 • 33min
251 car insurance tips
When it comes to your car insurance, do you know the pitfalls to avoid and how to negotiate a better deal? Dev unpacks it all touching on:👉 why car insurance is so important👉🏼 CTP and how it differs by state👉🏽 comprehensive car insurance👉🏾 contaminated fuel - does insurance cover that too?👉🏿 tips on reducing your premiums👉 specifically check exclusions - what are they?👉🏼 what about learner drivers🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode📝 Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/m3meptranscripts🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 2022 • 1h 1min
250 an interview with Aussie Firebug part 2
On today's episode Dev and Aussie Firebug continue their interview touching on:👉🏾 AFB's investing strategy 👉🏿 achieving FIRE and the idea of retiring from work and losing purpose👉🏻 insurances - personal, house, car and health insurance 👉 Aussie healthcare👉🏼 and AFB’s FIRE $ goal 🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 2022 • 50min
249 an interview with Aussie Firebug part 1
Today on the show Dev interviews blogger and podcaster Aussie Firebug talking all things money, mindset, life and of course his FIRE journey. In part 1 they touch on:👉🏾 The Simpsons! What does that have to do with money? Quite a lot actually👉🏿 how AFB's mindset and investing strategy has evolved and changed from when he first began his FIRE journey👉 factoring kids into FIRE🛑 Please read our disclaimer + warnings before listening to this episode🏡 Join our facebook group for healthcare professionals💸 Quick links to our resources and $20 off The Glen James Spending Planmy millennial money medical is produced by SYMO interactive, home of my millennial money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.