09/29/2021
Most of us will experience periods where we have extra money and must decide whether to pay off debt, if any, or invest the money.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Debt can be categorized two ways...high interest and low interest.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Credit cards are considered high interest and it would warrant paying those down first. Then, you can move on to the low interest, which are investments.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"Think about it like this. If all you have is $25,000 in credit card debt, the problem isn’t the debt itself so much as it is the $7,500 per year in interest expense you would owe the bank if you had a 30% APY. That is $625 per month in interest expense that you must pay toward your credit card debt without every paying off a penny of the principal. That is money you could have been using to buy high quality dividend stocks, invest in bonds, purchase shares of your favorite mutual fund, use as equity toward the acquisition of an apartment building, or even spend on a vacation for your family each year."