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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Subject: Re: Dumb finance question?
- References: <1992Dec16.013919.5753@acheron.uucp>
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- Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
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- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:42:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.013919.5753@acheron.uucp>, clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) writes:
- >Here's a (maybe) dumb question for you ... given a fixed-rate no
- >prepayment penalty mortgage of 10% (for example), is paying down
- >the mortgage the same as getting a 10% return on your money? I
- >THINK that it is, but something about it makes me nervous.
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- Yes, but not quite. Mortgage interest is calculate on compounded
- monthly basis. A 10% mortgage actually has an annual rate of
- 10.466%. Many investment returns (e.g. mutual funds) report on annual
- rates. So, make sure you compare the same.
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