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 People who have mortgages while they at the same time invest in stock funds are in practice people who gear their investments - prove me wrong. 
 No, that is exactly right 
 What do you mean by “gear” their investments?!

As a side note; I believe mortgages are highway robbery.

1st lien / position HELOC is a way better (equitable) way to pay for a house. Plus it’s simple interest and therefore paid off in about 1/3 the time of a traditional mortgage.

But anyways..:can you explain what you mean by “gear their investments”? 
 They're borrowing longer (mortgage), to protect themselves against consumer-price inflation, and investing shorter in a real asset (stocks), to protect themselves against monetary inflation.

People do the same with Bitcoin. 
 Yes, we are both right 
 I mean "borrow to invest"

What is 1st lien / position HELOC? 
 Simualar to «rammelån» / «flexible credit». See my full note in another reply to your post. 
 jepp 
 home equity loan on credit/ variable rate in US/ usually a second mortgage but can be first if house paid off 
 Thanks for the clarification.

Borrowing to invest certainly falls into the Complicated and Intricate areas of #investing https://image.nostr.build/a95ff9757d434751ef216dea5a5126842efed1d2c533332772fda8f61c74d2fe.jpg  
 Re: HELOC what Rand said is mostly correct. However having the house fully paid is a not a requirement.

Michael Lush literally wrote a book about it

Replace Your Mortgage: How to Pay Off Your Home in 5-7 Years on Your Current Income https://a.co/d/3AneN7g

https://archive.replaceyourmortgage.com/

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 Traditional mortgages in Norway do not work the same way as in the US or UK. We don’t compound the interest on a mortgage.

In that regard, there is less difference between a normal mortgage and a HELOC (“flexible credit”) in Norway.

Norway: Interest is calculated on the principal during each payment period without being added to interest from previous periods. This means that you don’t pay interest on interest, unlike with compounded interest.

USA/England: Interest accrues over time and can “compound,” creating a snowball effect because you pay interest on previously accumulated interest.

This means that mortgages in Norway can be more favorable in terms of interest over time, as you only pay interest on the remaining principal, not on previously accrued interest. 
 when the currency is designed to expand faster than "real yields" that's the only thing making sense  
 🔥 insight  
 I have a mortgage and Bitcoin  
 Yup, it's the same 
 prove you wrong to whom? 
 a lot of 401ks r company setups that a lot don't truly understand imho