Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by lordbusiness on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @06:47AM
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Additionally, compound interest is why it's so important to not carry debt.
That mortgage your financial advisor wants you to keep? Get rid of it. Over pay principle as much as permitted.
Consumers refer to such things as 'debts' or 'payments', but financial institutions call these 'liabilities'. Financial institutions use the correct word, and don't like to hold them for good reason.
Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by touristtam on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @06:43PM
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Weird that I was given the completely opposite advise by my bank about never paying off completely any debt straight away, to build up my credit rating ....
Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by lordbusiness on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:30PM
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Precisely!
Financial institutions 'caring' about one's credit rating == confidence that one can handle the liabilities they want one to hold. :-)
Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by icebraining on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @06:18AM
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Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by dazne on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @07:22AM
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Yes, I think this is more important than your "earning potential". Even someone who starts out in the job market early in the 20s with a low salary has the potential to make it big, because you've got time on your side.
Re:Your lifetime earnings are probably determined in your 20s
by ForHackernews on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @11:18AM
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That's why it's also so important to start saving early and invest it regularly.