The world is going to end tomorrow according to Bull and dying with money in the bank seems like a waste - so, yes, instead of paying off the mortgage I have run it up again. If we weren’t sitting on record low interest rates I might not employ this strategy, and it is subject to review should things change. However, after a slightly nerve wrecking start I am now in relatively comfortable position of being 50% up on my over all portfolio and bar an overnight collapse of the stock market I sleep pretty easy.