You really can’t invest your money in stocks or bonds and expect...

[WilliamTaft]

The conversation between a financial advisor and her customer:
Financial Advisor: ...Almost always, people with credit card debt should pay it off before investing their money in other ways. The interest, that’s the amount of money you pay your credit card company for the use of their money, is very high—often 10 or even 20 percent. You really can’t invest your money in stocks or bonds and expect to do better than just paying off your credit card.

Source: Open Forum 1 Chapter 6, Oxford University Press

What does the bolded sentence mean?

 

[emsr2d2]

It simply means that people shouldn't expect investing in the stock market to be better for their financial health than simply clearing the debt on their credit cards.

 

[teechar]

The following conversation is between a financial advisor and her customer:

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The A conversation between a financial advisor and her customer:

 

[Tarheel]

This is the kind of situation in which context is very helpful.