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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by bdcravens on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:11PM (#18197067)
A mortgage (or the lack thereof) has a guaranteed rate of return. Any investment that would beat most mortgage rates doesn't.
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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by EpicEng on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:16PM (#18197112)
Two years ago a CD would have beat it. Today it's not quite there, but there are very safe invenstments out there that will almost certainly beat a mortgage rate.
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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by negativez on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:48PM (#18197646)
That would only be true for non-traditional loans (ARM etc). I don't believe you could have obtained a CD APR > 3% two years ago.
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