Articles & Questions

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 6/23/25 Scott Pape 6/23/25

The AI Revolution Is Under-Hyped?

Sixteen years ago, I walked into Channel Ten and sat behind the desk of something called The 7pm Project.

Barefoot Admin 10/12/20 Barefoot Admin 10/12/20

Apple cash

There’s been a few times in my life that I’ve looked at a product and thought to myself, ‘this is the future’.

I got that feeling when Steve Jobs first pulled out the iPhone (okay, and when I first tasted Wizz Fizz).

Guest User 8/4/19 Guest User 8/4/19

The Double Rip

Hi Scott,I need you to look into a company for me.I was on the phone talking with a "Financial advisor" from a company called TradeMote.

Guest User 8/4/19 Guest User 8/4/19

The Day My Dad Got a Viral STD

Hi Scott, Recently I noticed my elderly father had gone downhill, was very quiet and was looking a bit depressed. When I asked him, he told me that he was on a website he ‘probably shouldn’t have been’ on when the screen started to flash “YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH A VIRUS — DO NOT SHUT DOWN AS YOU WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER PERMANENTLY”.

Guest User 7/20/19 Guest User 7/20/19

The day I got scammed on Bitcoin

“Mr Pape, are you ready to make a lot of money?” a stuffy British accent asked me over the phone.

Guest User 6/3/19 Guest User 6/3/19

Introducing … Zuckbucks?

Facebook is set to launch its own crypto-currency next year, the BBC reported this week. (The article referred to the new currency as ‘GlobalCoin’ … though I much prefer ‘Zuckbucks’.

Guest User 4/1/19 Guest User 4/1/19

The fine print on Apple’s new credit card

Sir Richard Branson leaned across the table, smiled, and winked at me. “It’s pretty sexy, right?

Guest User 12/4/18 Guest User 12/4/18

Why Afterpay is the marijuana of credit

I think of Afterpay as the financial equivalent of marijuana. Young people absolutely love it, and old people are doing a lot of finger-waving about the dangers of getting hooked on the newest financial drug to hit the streets.

Guest User 8/23/18 Guest User 8/23/18

The Kind Stepmother

Scott, I have five beautiful new step-daughters. They all live nose-to-device, get cranky when offered advice of ANY kind, “don’t like to read”, and have a massive hole in their hand.

Guest User 8/14/18 Guest User 8/14/18

Barbie and the Rocker

Let me tell you about a 59-year-old woman who makes billions of dollars a year. Her name is Barbie, and, after years of being in the (toy) doghouse, she’s suddenly cool again.

Guest User 6/27/18 Guest User 6/27/18

Here’s What I Really Think About the Acorns (Raiz) app

A lot of people ask me about the youth-focused investing app Acorns. Its ‘killer app’ is that it collects your spare change and invests it in the share market on your behalf.

Guest User 3/26/18 Guest User 3/26/18

#DeleteFacebook

Clearly I was having a ‘moment’ on the 25th of June 2010. My Facebook data says that was the day I officially put my profile into lockdown.

Guest User 12/12/17 Guest User 12/12/17

Facebook Gets Freaky

Mark Zuckerberg wants to get to know your kids. Specifically, he wants to get to know your primary-school-aged children (after all, he already knows more about your teenager than you do).