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The best high-yield savings account available right now pays 4.5% APY. Your credit card charges 20%. Holding both simultaneously costs you $1,550 a year on a $10,000 balance. The math does not care how good the savings rate feels.
By Marcus Cole · 3 min read
Someone on a podcast is telling you to invest while you're paying 24% interest on a credit card. The math on that advice is brutal. The order you tackle debt and investing matters more than the amounts, and it's simpler than the finance industry wants you to think.
By Sadie Park · 3 min read
Most 30-somethings treat debt payoff and investing as a binary choice. The actual decision is about sequence. Get the order wrong and you leave guaranteed returns on the table while paying compound interest on the other side.
By Marcus Cole · 3 min read
