Barefoot Money Tips
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Predicting the Unpredicable
November 4, 2011 - 6 Comments
Conventional economic wisdom says that when interest rates are lowered people are encouraged to borrow and spend more. Then again, conventional economic wisdom hasn’t been working that well of late.
Read moreTake Advantage of the Rate Cut
November 2, 2011 - 7 Comments
I know $50 a month doesn’t sound like much, especially if you have a huge home loan. But if you let your mortgage eat the rate cut, instead of putting it back in your pocket, that $50 will wipe as much as $41,000 off the average mortgage.
Read morePreparing For The Storm
October 28, 2011 - 9 Comments
This week I had dinner with a super-sharp senior investment banker from the US. As we finished our dinner, we discussed three possible outcomes of the impending debt-induced turmoil…
Read moreMy Share Market Shopping List
October 28, 2011 - 13 Comments
None of this doom and gloom has done anything to diminish my desire to be an investor – just the opposite…
Read moreHarden Up
October 21, 2011 - 62 Comments
I’ve got a huge amount of respect for the dignity with which the so-called ‘silent generation’ lived their lives (financially and otherwise). And with all the navel-gazing negativity going on, let’s draw on some life lessons from them…
Read moreHow I Tread My Own Path: Leo’s Story
October 20, 2011 - 2 Comments
Leo wasn’t doing terribly in the finance department – he just wasn’t particularly organised.
Read moreProperty versus Shares
October 14, 2011 - 29 Comments
“I’m going to sell my apartment”, announced my girlfriend. She may as well have been asking me to pass the butter, she was so cool, calm and collected – like a female Donald Trump (but with much, much more hair).
Read moreDoing It For The Kids
October 10, 2011 - 3 Comments
The number one goal of most families is to provide a good education for their kids. And the cost of sending your kids to most private schools almost requires a full-time wage. That’s why it’s important to start thinking about it well before they hit high school.
Read moreRaising Financially Fit Kids
October 7, 2011 - 49 Comments
Sweet Sixteen: “Daddy, I’m bored!”
Daddy: “Go for a walk to the shops then.”
Sweet Sixteen: (extending her hand): “Give me money and I will.”
Daddy (pulls out his wallet): “Umm.”
Steve Jobs: A True Business Visionary
October 7, 2011 - 7 Comments
RIP Steve Jobs, a true business visionary. This graduation speech provides more common sense business and life advice than I ever got out of sitting through a lecture – it’s 14 minutes well spent.
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