Should you pay down student loans early? Conventional wisdom says yes, and was reinforced at a SoFi event in San Francisco earlier this spring. They called up one of their members - she paid off her student loans early, and received a huge applause. I was not one of the people clapping. The member would have doubled her money's return had she invested instead. When you … [Read more...] about Why You Shouldn’t Pay Down Student Loans Early