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Every week I publish a fun new article on a money topic I think you’ll find interesting. I also answer a handful of reader questions. Subscribers to my newsletter get to see everything first — but you can browse some of my past articles & questions on this page.

My Best Articles

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What I Really Think of Hostplus’s Index Balanced Fund

About the Barefoot Blueprint

How to Sort Your Insurance

Do I still use the ING Orange Everyday account?

What I Think of AFIC

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Scott Pape 12/2/24 Scott Pape 12/2/24

Too Much Temu

I’ve just been clearing out my mother’s motor home and storage shed after she passed away. She had SO many (UNOPENED) packets with random labels, apparently all from Temu. Checking her Temu account, she had spent over $1,000 in the last five months!

Scott Pape 11/25/24 Scott Pape 11/25/24

Haul

When I was a kid we’d drive to the ‘big smoke’ (Mildura) once a year to do our Christmas shopping.

For my mum shopping was a social event.