If you have regular school loans why would you pay them off instead of investing the funds? Why not pay minimums and get a higher return from some other investment?

Edit: Ok I get it guys.

 

A lot if reasons actually:

1) person doesnt want to be in debt (psychologically feels good to be debt free)

2) guaranteed return, by paying down your student loans you’re guaranteed to save that 3-5% (not sure the exact rate) of interest payment down the road

3) ties to #2 but risk averse, sure historically stock market is 7-8% so you would be right but in a risk weighted basis it may make more sense to just paydown debt 

 
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It makes way more sense to pay down a high interest student loan debt. 4-6% is what student loan debts run nowadays. These are NOT tax deductible

Your 8% average gain on investments is so wrong if you think that's what you'll get

- Cap gains under biden jumping to 39.6%. If this happens you are royall screwed. that 8% is cut smack in half. Even if it isn't you need to factor in taxes so it's morel ike a 6% gain on average and keep in mind this average is anythign > 5 years. Don't look at the last 10 year bull market. For every 10 yr run you show me like the we've driven post 08, i'll show you 10 others when you may have wanted to pull your money out but were shit out of luck

If this is a mortgage, then maybe don't pay it down. rates are incredibly low, around 3.5% for a 30 year fixed -- that's tax deductible up to first 750K in loans.... 

 

I don't think you like my answer but i am paying it down asap. student loan is a rip off and the rate is ridiculous as compared to your mortgage these days. If you are a fan of paying monthly due to a financial institution, you are better off paying it off and get a mortgage instead. At least that way you will build some equity along the way and the mortgage interest expense is at least deductible for tax purpose. 

After-tax, It's such a small amount of money (~$30k) it was not something I even care to talk about. I wish they could have offered an option to pay down my second year b-school tuition directly instead. That would have been on a pre-tax basis and make a much bigger personal financial impact. btw, why don't they do that?? anybody knows? 

 

I got mine kinda early in my 2nd year soooo blew every penny traveling in South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand “networking” with classmates. Then did the fiscally responsible thing of taking loans out about 4 months after I got the bonus with the intention of paying them down rather aggressively once I started getting paid. However, first republic let me refi to 1.9% so I’m paying as little as possible back. My only regret is not taking out more since I didn’t know the refi rate would be so fucking low. First republic is no longer focusing on Mba student refi aggressively so not sure what rates they have now. There are a handful of other lenders out there though that cater to certain education backgrounds and should give you decent rates.

Unfortunately this is all pre-COVID, so I guess not much on the travel front for you. If I had a gun to my head, I’d probably put it into a down payment on a rental property if you can find one that isn’t getting bid up and I’d probably factor in property mgmt fees into my long term math on that

 

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