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- From: etpeters@dal.mobil.com (E. T. Peterson(Eric))
- Subject: Re: Where is the best place to stick it?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.153211.24926@mobil.com>
- Sender: news@mobil.com
- Organization: Mobil Exploration & Producing Technical Center(MEPTEC), Dallas.
- References: <1992Nov18.185842.16361@tandem.com> <5669@bacon.IMSI.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:32:11 GMT
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- In article <5669@bacon.IMSI.COM>, jordan@IMSI.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes:
- |> Steven R. Pearson <pearson_steven@tandem.com> writes:
- |>
- |> it might be wise to pay off any expensive debt you have ...
- |>
- |> I see this all the time, and I just don't understand it. The way I see
- |> it, current debt service is just a cash-flow item. If I were a
- |> student, living a student life, and I suddenly inherited $100k, I sure
- |> as heck wouldn't pay down my credit cards. All that would do is
- |> decrease dramatically my $100k, and increase only marginally my cash
- |> flow. Since this money is indeed "found" I would have had to deal with
- |> cash flow and current debt service anyway. I should continue doing
- |> that (after all, I enjoyed the goods I purchased on credit, now I
- |> should pay for them).
- |>
- |> I think it's important psychologically to keep your investments and
- |> your quality of life separate.
- |>
- |> /jordan
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- Why hide simple math in jargon such as "current debt service" and "cash flow"?
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- Say you are paying 18% on your credit card debt. The bottom line is:
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- -- If you can do better than 18% after-taxes, then invest the money.
- -- If you can't do better than 18%, then pay off the credit cards.
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- Maybe I'm naive, but isn't the goal is to end up with as much money as possible?
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- Eric Peterson
- e-mail: etpeters@drsol1.dal.mobil.com
- phone: (214) 951-3251
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- -- The sooner you fall behind,
- the more time you'll have to catch up!
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