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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Barefoot Admin 9/14/20 Barefoot Admin 9/14/20

They’re Coming Out of the Woodwork

I’ve just read your article entitled “The Horses”. My wife was tricked into buying an almost identical funeral insurance policy from Insuranceline. We estimate we have paid $35,000 in premiums since 2007, with a payout cover of just $6,000 each.

Barefoot Admin 9/14/20 Barefoot Admin 9/14/20

Superhero

A father was walking past his 20-year-old son’s empty room when something caught his eye.

A Post-It note was taped to the middle of his son’s computer screen.

“Turn on the computer”, it read.

Guest User 11/13/19 Guest User 11/13/19

I’m on Lithium

Hi Scott, My wife and I received $370,000 from the sale of our house, which I decided to invest into an Australian lithium producer. But over the last six months the share price has halved, leaving me (on paper at least) with a very distressing loss.

Guest User 9/15/19 Guest User 9/15/19

Are Index Funds in a Bubble?

Hi Scott, The financial guru from the movie The Big Short, Michael Burry, who made a fortune betting against the US housing collapse, is saying that the next big bubble is index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), and that things will get really ugly should the share market crash. Aren’t index funds what Barefoot recommends?

Guest User 9/15/19 Guest User 9/15/19

Is This a Scam?

Dear Scott, Your Bitcoin scam article prevented me from losing $5,000. Thank you!

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

Motivational Misfire

Hi Scott, I went to a Tony Robbins motivational seminar. What I didn’t know what that prior to the main show, there was a great deal of, let’s say, warm-up speakers, talking about fluff about how to get rich.

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

Prisoner’s Last Chance

Dear Mr Scott Pape, My name is Peter. I am 59 and I have four years left to serve on a five-year prison term.

Guest User 5/5/19 Guest User 5/5/19

Where’s the Beef?

Hi Scott, I am a proud and very passionate vegan who normally couldn’t give a stuff about investing. (Okay, so your book really helped me, but I have never get my head around investing in businesses that harm the planet for future generations).