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Credit Cards

Should I Pay Off My Credit Cards or Max Out My 401k?

In the unending “pay off debt first or start investing” debate, I’ve learned about a small wrinkle: If your employer matches your 401k contributions, you earn an instant 100% bonus on every one of those dollars. In the worst of scenarios, your credit card company is charging you interest in the high 20s.

Jesse Mecham

November 6, 2013

An Experiment in Credit Card Churning

The experiment with credit card churning started because Julie and I realized that our travel budget is an important line item for us.

Jesse Mecham

May 1, 2015

A friend

sent you a free month of YNAB!

Credit Cards

Should I Pay Off My Credit Cards or Max Out My 401k?

An Experiment in Credit Card Churning