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1982: Investing With Debt by Wanderer

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Using Debt to Invest in a Financial Crisis

Index investing is the most reliable and simplest way to generate long term gains for retirement. When your allocation drifts from your target, you're supposed to re balance. This means selling bonds and throwing cash at equities as they plumit. It's not fun, but it does work, as we expe once first hand when we got through the two thousand eight, two thousand nine crisis without losing any money using exactly this strategy. We wouldn't have been able to do this if we invested with debt. If financial companies run into trouble, it's entirely in their right to call whatever debt they have and force you to pay it off immediately. If this happens, you'll be forced to

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