I’m in the minority here as I just did same. Refi mortgage at 2-3% and i -- DonHo-kieHi 10/26/2021 09:06AM
I paid off my mortgage 3 months ago. -- HokieJay 10/25/2021 8:23PM
The financial, emotional, and intellectual freedom of having no debt -- Tafkam Hokie 10/26/2021 09:33AM
I think that is absolutely insane. -- GobblerCE 10/25/2021 5:17PM
…this is your wake up call -- chumley 10/25/2021 2:37PM
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to paus -- ColoVT82 10/25/2021 2:17PM
VXNM VXNM VXNM VXNM ** -- BobG 10/25/2021 1:30PM
VBNM -- WuhBuh-DC_Hokie 10/25/2021 4:02PM
On stupid things I can do, This is up there..... Market could easily tank -- UTPr0sim 10/25/2021 1:11PM
I second Dogecoin. To the moon!! ** -- HokieBrazil 10/25/2021 12:45PM
I would be very hesitant... -- EDGEMAN 10/25/2021 12:33PM
The market is in a downturn? When did this happen? ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 1:45PM
Just looking at my investment statements. Definitely a downturn last QTR -- EDGEMAN 10/25/2021 6:28PM
My 401k is up 21% for the year. I’m loving it. -- Stork 10/26/2021 05:28AM
Same here. I had nice gains in the first and second quarter, but... -- EDGEMAN 10/26/2021 08:24AM
The Dow and the S&P hit record highs today ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 7:00PM
It's coming water. -- HokieJay 10/25/2021 9:33PM
All I said was the market isn't in a downturn ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 10:20PM
True dat, it sure is. ** -- HokieJay 10/26/2021 12:05AM
We'll see what my 4th quarter returns look like... -- EDGEMAN 10/25/2021 7:16PM
The market is not in a downturn, just saying ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 7:32PM
It's being artificially held up by the Fed. ** -- EDGEMAN 10/25/2021 7:47PM
So not in a downturn, got it. You can say it, it's ok. ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 8:15PM
Nope, our economy is in trouble. ** -- EDGEMAN 10/25/2021 8:45PM
Only do that if you can afford to loose all of that money. If there were -- BayHokie 10/25/2021 12:29PM
Depends on a lot of factors -- HokieAl 10/25/2021 11:59AM
Don't -- 1987Hokie 10/25/2021 11:45AM
Doge! ** -- ModerateHokie 10/25/2021 11:35AM
Thanks everyone - that's about what I figured ** -- HokieMacDaddy 10/25/2021 11:28AM
I would not do it... -- Hungry Joe 10/25/2021 11:28AM
I feel like we've been saying this for the past decade.... or even longer.. -- HokieSignGuy 10/25/2021 11:42AM
And we have had a number of steep downturns in that time... -- Hungry Joe 10/25/2021 1:45PM
The play is to retarget your existing cash + portfolio to impending doom -- Vtskier1 10/25/2021 11:12AM
Put it all in Dog Money ** -- Happy Dog 10/25/2021 11:05AM
Ain't legal . . . and ain't tender . . . -- MikeVT85 10/25/2021 4:01PM
Scratch-off lottery tickets. ** -- HokieNoVA 10/25/2021 11:02AM
Don’t ever do this ** -- VT Pops 10/25/2021 10:55AM
Lieutenant Dan got Forrest invested in some kind of fruit company. (pic) -- Spud 10/25/2021 10:55AM
If you just do the math, borrowing money at x% to invest that returns x+y% -- Tafkam Hokie 10/25/2021 10:53AM
Plastics + Orange Juice futures ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/25/2021 10:51AM
I had a friend that lived in DC area when prices really went up -- bigbadbird 10/25/2021 10:45AM
If you are sitting on a second piece of property, this is a great time to -- Tafkam Hokie 10/25/2021 10:55AM
Pork bellies ** -- Brown Water 10/25/2021 10:44AM
That's opposite of diversification -- HokieForever 10/25/2021 10:39AM
Looks like there is a diversity part of the equation -- turkeywinghokie 10/25/2021 10:37AM
Buy all Bitcoin- just don't lose the password ** -- bigbadbird 10/25/2021 10:36AM
Pay the house off, then invest/save -- JoesterVT 10/25/2021 10:36AM
If your friend did that, he is certainly up and boasting about it. -- HokieSignGuy 10/25/2021 10:31AM
I wouldn't do that for several reasons ... -- vt90 10/25/2021 10:30AM
1) you're not an idiot? ** -- bigbadbird 10/25/2021 10:37AM
Do you have a way to pay off that loan if you lose value of your stocks? -- jmanatVT 10/25/2021 10:29AM
Yes- gamble with your house- do that - brilliant ** -- bigbadbird 10/25/2021 10:25AM