Pro tip: Bull markets are for paying off debt, not accumulating it. Accumulating debt during a bull market often leads to financial ruin.

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npub1ck65...msah 11 months ago
That’s the plan for this year. Pay off the debt I created in 2023 to buy Bitcoin. Was my best financial decision till now. It depends how the cycle will continue, but next debt will probably created in 2027 (if 4 year cycle and stock-to-flow model still true).
In general, the lower the interest, the less the need to pay it off... depending on cash flows.
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Bison 11 months ago
Liquidity will run out before your leverage does
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Ryan Reynolds 11 months ago
Yep. And if you are debt free already, stack harder!
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npub19cwh...rqws 11 months ago
Bitcoin bull market is a fiat bear market. Bitcoin bear market is a fiat bull market. One can theoretically switch from borrowing fiat to borrowing Bitcoin at the end of a Bitcoin bull market. The idea is to borrow a depreciating asset to buy an appreciating one.
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npub16k6r...s6yt 11 months ago
Thank you. I sold some bitcoin near the top in 2021 to buy my forever home. I bought with interest only loan. Locking in sub 3% mortgage for 40 years 🥳 And then I immediately tapped the equity with a second mortgage to pay the capital gains on the bitcoin I sold for the deposit. I then spent the bear and bull crap recomputing all the bitcoin I sold to buy my house. I go back and forth in my head about wether I should keep the 2nd l Mortgage debt or should I sell a little of the bitcoin I have nearish top of bull to get rid of it or just hang on to every sat I have. @less?
thanks for the tip but nobody knows how long this bullmarket lasts maybe it multiple years
Rich people with excessive wealth might gamble to kill time, but they will never gamble to get more wealth, although the point of gambling (created and enabled by rich people) is exactly for gaining wealth. Rich people: "don't gamble, as that will most likely make you lose all your money". Poor people: "well, you left almost no money for me, so STFU, I may as well gamble". Then rich people come with their scam casinos and market price manipulations (although they think to themselves all they do is just honest trading by the rules, they just happen to be smarter) to steal the money being gambled by the poor.
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Vdub 11 months ago
True. Didn’t realize you are Nostr only! I like your style Dr. Ross🤙🏽
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Jerome Loman 11 months ago
Wealth effect makes it difficult to manage. Looking to do small home improvements, and would rather tap heloc than assets in that environment. Though by end of year might have to reconsider.
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Dan 1 month ago
Do your strike loans now
Originally posted in January 2025, I reposted it because many people who were excitedly using leverage during the bull market were starting to get liquidated during the current bear market. I hate to see it.
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Brock 3 weeks ago
But there is still a bull market ahead right…RIGHT!? lol …boohoo!