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Barefoot’s Best Books for Christmas
December 17, 2011 - 1 Comment
You don’t need to slug it out in a in a suburban shopping centre this silly season. Instead make a beeline to your local bookstore and give your loved ones the gift of knowledge.
Read moreWhere Property Prices Are Heading
December 10, 2011 - 9 Comments
More homes unsold means more choice for buyers, meaning sellers will eventually drop their prices – as we’re experiencing right now.
Read moreTravel Bargains for the Silly Season
December 3, 2011 - 5 Comments
“Where do you want to go on holidays? Let’s book something today”, she said, pointing at the travel agents on our way out. “The internet has killed travel agents”, I grumbled as we walked in…
Read moreThe End of America
November 25, 2011 - 11 Comments
Over the last couple of months I’ve met a lot of older Aussies who have similar feelings of stress – about their finances. The last financial crisis has left them gun-shy in the face of an impending market meltdown.
Read moreMystery Millionaires
November 19, 2011 - 8 Comments
The ‘everyday millionaire’ story is the equivalent of the ‘weight-loss wonder’ in the diet game. It pulls people in no matter how many times it’s told, which is why it’s forever rehashed in the media. And usually, of course, it’s rubbish…
Read moreValue Investing
November 12, 2011 - 6 Comments
Value investing essentially involves being an investment tightwad – looking for good-quality, easy-to-understand businesses that for one reason or another have been beaten down by the share market.
Read moreThank God I’m a Country Boy
November 4, 2011 - 20 Comments
A six-foot-three bloke in a pink dress, ferocious blonde wig, and high heels – clutching a handbag and a beer – greeted me as I walked through the doors of the local watering hole…
Read morePredicting 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…
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