This Mother’s Day we’re going to celebrate dedicated, courageous, ferocious mothers who never back down. Here are just a few inspiring lessons — from real mums — that we can all learn from, writes the Barefoot Investor.
It looks like we may be heading into a deep recession but that’s no reason to start raiding your super and all the more reason to start preparing immediately. None of us knows what’s ahead but the best we can be is ready, writes the Barefoot Investor.
The government has opened up the flood gates for Australians facing hardship during the COVID-19 crisis to access their super. But as Barefoot Investor explains, you should think carefully about dipping into your nest egg to help pay your mortgage.
Make no bones about it: we are at the start of a very, very steep curve — the Financial Crisis Curve. And when we reach our peak rate of infections it could be financially devastating, writes Barefoot Investor.
FEAR is a fantastic marketing tool, and the more shares forecasters scare people, the more they shell out, writes Barefoot Investor
A FANCY app may trouble mortgage brokers but playing hard ball with your bank on a home loan still works best, writes Barefoot Investor.
FROZEN funds can scare and intimidate the elderly, writes Barefoot Investor, so help them avoid investment traps.
HARDWORKING farmers can’t control the milk price. All they can control, writes Barefoot Investor, is earning other sources of farming (and non-farming) income.
Around 18 months ago we fixed our mortgage rate at 4.84 per cent for three years, thinking it was at the bottom of the cycle…
WHAT makes this heartbreaking scam so shocking is that it’s an ‘inside job’. And it’s only going to get worse, says Barefoot Investor Scott Pape.
THE solution to a bad relationship is to leave and cut financial ties, writes Barefoot Investor.
IT’S time we had a grown-up chat about the true costs of being a property investor in 2016, writes Barefoot Investor.
WHAT do the Budget changes to super mean for people who don’t live in Toorak? Barefoot Investor has some ideas.
A COUPLE just about on the financial finishing line at 30 should avoid confusion and stress by setting up a family trust, writes Barefoot Investor.
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