📗 Build and Invest ⏱ 14 min 📋 4 topics

Debt vs Invest: The Most Important Decision

Should you repay your home loan early or invest the surplus? The answer changes with interest rates and your risk tolerance.

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🎯 What You'll Learn

💵 Comparing loan rate vs expected investment return
🌍 Psychological value of being debt-free vs mathematical optimisation
📜 Hybrid strategy: invest AND prepay
📐 Home loan vs personal loan: different answers

🧠 Quick Quiz

Your home loan rate is 8.5%. Expected equity returns are 12%. From a purely mathematical perspective, which option makes sense?

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