RE: Buy on the rumour, sell on the...8 Feb 2021 11:57
All the talk of mortgage free....sounds great. However, with interest rates at their lowest holding debt is very cheap.
£100k mortgage might cost you c.£100 a month in interest on a capital repayment.
A £1k investment in ODX today has increased by.....c.£300.
OK, this doesn't happen all the time, and we are lucky/clever to have bought in at a much lower sp...granted. But, being mortgage free isn't necessarily the best ROI in the medium to long term imo. There are lots of opportunities to use that money more effectively and I wont be paying off my mortgage until the last monthly payment goes out....this isn't right for everyone and it depends on your circumstances/what your goals are etc. Personally I want to retire earlier so I can enjoy life. Covid-19 has certainly given lots of people a wake up call.
By the time the mortgage is done the share account will have increased by more than the cost of interest.
Each to their own...
GL All....