Barefoot: How to buy a car and save money
Don’t fall for the trap of locking yourself into a bad car loan. Barefoot Investor Scott Pape has five simple steps to buying a car that could save you big bucks in the years that follow.
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Teaching kids about money is a class act
Kids spend roughly 2400 days in school, yet not one of those days is dedicated to learning the practical money skills they’ll be tested on every day of their lives. Now is the time to kick off the financial education revolution, writes the Barefoot Investor.
Let’s keep the banks away from our kids
It’s time for us to kick off a financial revolution in this country, and it needs to start with our children, writes the Barefoot Investor.
Don’t let hidden fees ruin your breakfast
After Kenneth Hayne recommended that government and regulators act to stop the selling of junk insurance, consumers could be up for up to $1 billion in refunds. So if you’ve been sold junk add-on insurance, be sure to demand a refund and don’t let them ruin your day, write the Barefoot Investor.
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Avoid this trading trap
DON’T pay out $6000 of your hard-earned money for an Australian company’s course of intensive trading programs, advises Scott Pape.
Marathon of a sprint
IT has been a big week in finance, so let’s crack open the Barefoot mailbag and answer some of the your burning questions.
Family not the ideal bankers
IF you have a burning money issue, or you want to win a fight with your spouse, put your questions to Barefoot Investor.
A whole lotto trouble
IN all my years of being Barefoot, I’ve received plenty of weird and wonderful calls, but never from someone who’d just scooped the first-division jackpot.
Warren’s free wealth wisdom
SCOTT Pape points investors in the direction of Warren Buffett’s free advice newsletter – and suggests cutting up the credit cards.
First-home truths hurt
THEY’RE called “first-home investors”. Increasingly, young people are choosing to make their first property purchase an investment, according to research from Macquarie bank and analysts RFI.
How to start over after house horror
IF you have a burning money issue, or you want to win a fight with your spouse, put your questions to Barefoot Investor.
The face of the future?
THIS week at a shareholder briefing, Mark Zuckerberg laid out his 10-year plan for Facebook. He’s come a long way. So it makes sense to see what the Golden Hoodie is cooking up.
Work needed to get on top
A SELF-EMPLOYED plasterer in a financial fix needs financial counselling, and a reader’s credit card debt is wiped out by her tax return windfall.
Frequent flyers equal infrequent rewards
When you look hard at what frequent flyer points are really worth, an upgrade might be the best option.
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