From the category archives:
Money Makeovers
Barefoot Reader Mailbag
August 5, 2011 - 22 Comments
Should I be worried about the share market crash?
Read moreNew Year’s Resolution: Stop Worrying About the Economy
December 27, 2008 - No Comments
My toughest interview this year was with a young reporter from a teen magazine whose editor assigned her to do a story on the global financial crisis.
Read moreWhat Every Woman Needs to Know About Saving for the Future
September 13, 2008 - No Comments
Last week I was invited to contribute to what turned out to be (other than me) an all-female panel discussion on women and money for the annual Premier’s Women’s Summit.
Read moreWhy Adult Children Have to Grow Up and Get Out!
August 2, 2008 - No Comments
Demographer Bernard Salt says the Japanese have a name for adults who outstay their welcome in the family home “parasaito shinguru”, which translates as “parasite singles”. Fairly direct.
Read moreEverything You Need to Know About Your Rights as a Debtor
May 17, 2008 - No Comments
This week I was locked up in the Metropolitan Remand Centre – talking to the inmates about their finances.
Read moreFour Ways to Slash Your Home Loan and Put Money in Your Pocket
May 10, 2008 - No Comments
The email read: “My husband and I are in real financial trouble. We are struggling to make our mortgage payments, the credit cards are maxed, and we are expecting our first child later this year.”
Read moreWhy You Must Have an Online Presence to Attract Consumers
October 20, 2007 - No Comments
I was recently a panel member at a conference of hoteliers discussing how to attract young people into pubs (no, really!).
Read moreMonavie Miracle Juice
February 12, 2007 - 6 Comments
Barefoot: Babe, what do you say, let’s go out tonight. Miss Barefoot: How thoughtful of you! Have you reserved a table at a nice restaurant (note: secretly thinking ‘is this the night?’) Barefoot: Eating out for dinner? Come on it’s cheaper to make it at home. Anyway, there’s a seminar on tonight called the ‘Massive [...]
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