Episode summary
Dentist Advisors Q1 2026 Update: Student Loans, Market Update & AI
The Dentist Money Show
· · 25 min · Hosts: Will, Taylor, Rabih Powell, Christine Uhen
Summary
The host and the team focused on three practical updates for dentists: student loans, market conditions, and the economy. On student loans, Taylor warned that borrowers on the SAVE plan are running out of time, because servicers are expected to start sending 90-day change notices after July 1, and anyone who does nothing could be forced into standard repayment with payments that could jump to several thousand dollars a month. The team urged clients to get a plan in place now, whether that means switching plans, refinancing, or contacting an advisor.
Robbie argued that recent market volatility looks dramatic in the short term but remains manageable in a long-term portfolio context. He emphasized diversification, noted that markets are still up modestly for the year, and said the broader economy still has support from consumer balance sheets and spending. He also made the case that AI is an important long-term supply-side force because computing capacity is rising rapidly and adoption is still early.
The episode also highlighted the upcoming June 11th through 13th Dentist Money Summit in Midway, Utah, plus the new five-point tax review available through the firm’s CPA team.
Key takeaways
- Taylor said SAVE borrowers need a decision soon, because servicers will begin issuing 90-day notices after July 1 and standard repayment could mean $3,000 to $5,000 monthly for large balances.
- Robbie said the market’s sharp swings are unusual, but the year-to-date return is still only modestly positive and diversification has helped absorb the noise.
- Robbie argued that U.S. consumers remain the key support for growth because household net worth is large and tax refunds may be higher in 2026.
- The team said AI is still early and may matter more for 10-year returns than day-to-day headlines because compute power is expanding quickly.
- The host promoted the Dentist Money Summit on June 11th through 13th and the firm’s five-point tax review as client resources.
Notable quotes
“there are still quite a few people that have their head in the sand and have just said, "Hey, I don't want to do anything with my student loans”
“student loan servicesers starting July 1st are going to send out notices saying you have 90 days to change from the save plan”
“If you do nothing, you will be forced onto the standard repayment”
“the market is doing stuff that it hasn't done probably from the '9s”
“This is the equivalent economically speaking of having, you know, a a Ford assembly line in a factory”
How the episode opens
Welcome everybody to the Q1 clientonly huddle, first one of 2026. Excited to be with you all. Uh I'm Will and today we're joined by an all-star team of Taylor and Christine and Robbie and we're excited about this uh new form.
We're trying out a new format this year. So, um, this will be a recording that we're going to send out the following day and hopefully it allows for everybody to access it on their own time and not have to be there live. And also, um, yeah, it just allows a little more access to this.
And we we hope to cover important topics throughout the year. A, as it says on the slide, it's client only, so we can really get specific about what we want you guys to know. And we'd love any feedback or any thoughts or anything else that would be valuable.
Please feel free to let us know. Um, and we can implement it because it's very much something that's moldable and we want to get it right. So, uh, anyone else want to add anything?
Oh, this just gives us the flexibility when Robbie's like a little bit more colorful, we can edit it out as opposed to it being live. So, — Well, I think it's too like you said, this is for our clients. So, if there's anything you do want to hear more about, please let us know. Give us that kind of feedback and we will incorporate it into future quarterly reports.
Love it. Okay, without further ado, let's get going. Um, so first a couple company announcements. One of the most important things for clients I'm going to have, uh, Chris speak to you because we would love it. — Uh, I love being first off the off the shoot here that, uh, yes, here we are less than 50 days away from our third annual dentist money summit.
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Topics
- student loan repayment
- market volatility
- long-term investing
- consumer strength
- ai advances
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