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wKkaY
post Mar 25 2012, 02:36 AM

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If you took a zero-interest study loan - is there any good reason to pay more than the minimum every month?
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post Mar 27 2012, 11:23 PM

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QUOTE(chabalang @ Mar 27 2012, 09:50 PM)
From a financial viewpoint, there is no good reason if the loan is a truly ZERO-interest loan. The $$$ in excess of the minimum can be put to better use (for e.g. - put in fixed deposit to earn some interest).
 
However, if you find that having a loan/debt is like a "monkey on the back" - then paying more than minimum to settle the debt earlier will enable some form of relief (it's an intangible benefit that cannot be measured in dollars & cents).
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It truly is a zero-interest loan from JPA, although I need to repay it over 25 years and the payment amount progressively increases (pay 1x in months 1-40, 1.5x in months 41-160, 2x in months 161-300).

In some countries you can get a tax relief from your education loan repayment, if only that applied here too sad.gif

Also thought about the possibility of deflation - but I think I shouldn't spend too much time worrying about that.
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post Apr 8 2013, 10:48 PM

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QUOTE(Materazzi @ Apr 8 2013, 08:20 AM)
you must be single and no gf.

you know research shows couples regret not hv better pre wed photo and thats once in lifetime.
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Wedding photos are once in a lifetime perhaps. But definitely not "pre-wedding" photos.

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