I believe – Finumus here – that Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) types give leveraging your mortgage to invest in equities an undeserved free pass.
I think it’s unnecessarily risky. And my opinion is shared by one of our fictitious protagonists today – a couple of 30-year old newlyweds named Ed and Caitlin.
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