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If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
Ycrazy
5/11/22 4:06pm
DCA 50k into VTSAX every month for next 10 months.
coug16
5/11/22 4:07pm
I’m not a fan of DCA over just investing lump sum
JOPE
5/11/22 4:17pm
So are you better off holding till markets bottom out?
Ycrazy
5/11/22 4:19pm
Problem is, you only know it’s the bottom when you’re well on the way out
Cougarclaw
5/11/22 4:20pm
If you talk to an investment advisor they would tell you to just put it in the market when you have it
JOPE
5/11/22 4:22pm
Pay off the mortgage on all my rental properties
RenoCoug
5/11/22 4:09pm
What is your interest rate on those loans?
YIsForBrigham
5/11/22 4:11pm
That would be the big factor. We locked in rates in the 3s. With 8% inflation
johnnybyu
5/11/22 4:12pm
Pretty good, but it would create about $7,200.00 a month in cash
RenoCoug
5/11/22 4:12pm
Kind of. You are also sacrificing in opportunity cost on the interest you could earn from the investments you could make
YIsForBrigham
5/11/22 4:14pm
True, but I like the idea of having my tiny "empire" paid off
RenoCoug
5/11/22 4:17pm
True. And that’s one way to look at it. But peace of mind is expensive. I would look at this as a unique opportunity to
YIsForBrigham
5/11/22 4:22pm
Yup, A good way to look at it is the interest rate amounts to your rate of return on your money
JOPE
5/11/22 4:48pm
Silliness-why pay down a loan in the 3s on an appreciating asset with inflation?
ebv
5/11/22 4:17pm
Purchase land as an investment.
RH84025
5/11/22 4:09pm
Land can be difficult in a recession and there is no way to make money off of it
johnnybyu
5/11/22 4:14pm
I was thinking as a longer term investment. Assuming you didn't need the money
RH84025
5/11/22 4:16pm
It could work long term if you buy it in all in cash. Certainly wouldn't levera
johnnybyu
5/11/22 4:18pm
RE: If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
Ragnar Danneskjold
5/11/22 4:11pm
RE: If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
slappy
5/11/22 4:14pm
RE: If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
RootieBoy
5/11/22 4:15pm
RE: If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
SausageKing
5/11/22 4:19pm
You don’t need 500k for that though
JohnnyComeLately
5/11/22 4:23pm
RE: You don’t need 500k for that though
Ragnar Danneskjold
5/11/22 4:29pm
Pay off my mortgage, drop the rest in to longterm ETFs and then take most of what I'm paying monthly toward my mortgage
scall
5/11/22 4:11pm
I don’t agree with the mortgage. Paying off your mortgage could cost you millions of dollars if you
JOPE
5/11/22 4:15pm
I just want the security of no mortgage but I understand where you are coming from
scall
5/11/22 4:16pm
I get why you say that, lots of people feel that way
JOPE
5/11/22 4:33pm
We paid off our mortgage and now have no debt. Best decision we ever made. You
O Gaucho
5/11/22 4:35pm
Especially if you paid it off a year ago.
ochobeeguy
5/11/22 4:51pm
Not sure you did that math right. Unless you live in Alpine I guess.
ochobeeguy
5/11/22 4:52pm
You sure? Let’s say you have 20 years left on your mortgage, and your mortgage is $500,000
JOPE
5/11/22 5:14pm
I see, I guess if you use the rate from the best bull market in history.
ochobeeguy
5/11/22 5:27pm
What? Even at 10% the difference is 2 million
JOPE
5/11/22 5:33pm
Stop listening to Dave Ramsey
Ron Mexico
5/11/22 5:46pm
RE: Stop listening to Dave Ramsey
JOPE
5/11/22 6:05pm
Fill up all 3 of my cars. All the way full.
IGotGoodGifs
5/11/22 4:11pm
You can only get 35 gallons with the Smith's gas discount though.
ochobeeguy
5/11/22 4:53pm
Beanie Babies
Tare
5/11/22 4:12pm
RE: If you were sitting on a wad of cash, if 500K what would you do with it now?
the_byu_flash
5/11/22 4:13pm
I think that is looking more like the challenger shuttle then rockets now
Ycrazy
5/11/22 4:15pm
Donate it all to the poor and needy, and thus gain eternal blessings greater
Nikomedes
5/11/22 4:13pm
Buy SOXL and hold.
BoiseCougar
5/11/22 4:16pm
That stock has had quite a rough ride. Why are you in love with it?
Ycrazy
5/11/22 4:18pm
It’s cheap.
BoiseCougar
5/11/22 4:22pm
Not sure about putting it all in there. But 2 or 3 % if you don’t need access to it for a while.
Probable Sacko
5/11/22 4:28pm
Leveraged ETFs are not built to be bought and held.
JuicyJam
5/11/22 4:50pm
Nobody should be paying off mortgages right now if they have 3% or lower rates.
RH84025
5/11/22 4:17pm
This. We will look back on those rates as a gift.
ebv
5/11/22 4:18pm
Already looking like a massive gift
Mexicougazul
5/11/22 4:19pm
Buy more MTTR. Reported Q1 earnings yesterday and they’re delivering. Stock
hansel
5/11/22 4:21pm
I guess now that it has lost 2/3 of its value in about 6 months.
ochobeeguy
5/11/22 4:57pm
Real estate that will move with inflation but that I’m otherwise buying because it’s a good cash flower
JollyGreenGiant
5/11/22 4:23pm
Blow it on cars, trips and guns!!!
BYU Grounds
5/11/22 4:23pm
Wait until around Oct to invest. Thing are not turning around until/if the
byucougarsbig12
5/11/22 4:29pm
Put it into a high dividend ETF like QYLD or RYLD
MapCoug
5/11/22 4:30pm
Buy as many cash flowing rental properties as possible
4mack
5/11/22 4:35pm
This is the answer in an inflationary environment.
ebv
5/11/22 4:36pm
With $500k? You can get maybe one that is cash flow positive on year one.
HuskerFan2
5/11/22 5:08pm
Down payments on multiple.
4mack
5/11/22 5:28pm
What? Put down 30-40% on any number of homes in Utah, and you can easily
ebv
5/11/22 5:29pm
Sorry. It was meant as a joke.
HuskerFan2
5/11/22 5:35pm
RE: Sorry. It was meant as a joke.
ebv
5/11/22 5:40pm
Start a business with part of it and invest the rest
homegrown
5/11/22 4:59pm
Whatever made me happiest
BingoNY
5/11/22 5:00pm
Pay off mortgage/debts, Max out 401k, IRA and HSA
JohnnyC
5/11/22 5:26pm
Purchase Cougarboard and reign down on those who have betrayed him
TNT
5/11/22 6:18pm
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