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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.


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D.I.Y. or R.I.P.O.F.F?

Hi Scott, What is a reasonable ongoing management fee for invested funds? My wife and I have just over $1 million invested in our self managed superannuation fund.

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The Ungrateful Son

Hi Scott, My dad is offering me $25k worth of AFI shares to put in my portfolio. Sounds good but I was wondering what effects this would have on my tax.

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The Dairy Farmer

Hi Scott, I’m a dairy farmer and feel I have been let down by our co-operative, Murray Goulburn. I now have a debt to them that’s been backdated.

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The Case of the Pushy Parents

Hi Scott, At 24, I am finally ready to move out of home for the first time. I have approx $60k in savings and I earn $38k.

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Should I Buy My Office in My SMSF?

Hi Scott I just read your column on property investment and it got me thinking about commercial property. You see, I hate paying rent and outgoings to run my psychology practice, so I am thinking about buying something instead.

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Getting into Bed with Random Weirdos

Hi Barefoot, I earn $180k and have paid off my $600k home. I recently had a cold call from an investment group saying they can use the ‘income tax withholding variation’ to effectively negative-gear a property they were trying to sell us.

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Binary Tilt

Hi Scott, Can you please look into a company called Binary Tilt. They are offering very high weekly returns.

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We’re in a Fix!

Hi Scott, Around 18 months ago we fixed our mortgage rate at 4.84 percent for three years, thinking it was at the bottom of the cycle.

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My Boyfriend is Moving Too Fast

Hi Scott, I am worried my partner might be doing something silly. I am 23, he is 27, and as a couple we are on about $140k a year -- with $40k in shares, $10k in Mojo, two cars paid off, no debt, no kids.

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The Banker and the Dog

Scott, My wife and I are 40, with two primary-school-aged kids. I seek your investment opinion.

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Budget Horror

Hi Scott, I am one of your Barefoot buddies. I write as I am greatly concerned about the proposed Budget changes to superannuation.

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My Girlfriend is in Hell

Scott, My girlfriend is stuck in financial hell. Her estranged husband, who lives upstairs, is a gambler and has lost it all, a couple of times.

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When Are You Going to Apologise?

When are you going to apologise to your readers for your stupid advice!? They really will be ‘barefoot’ if they keep their ‘Mojo’ in a savings account, now the Reserve Bank has cut interest rates to a historical low of 1.

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The Rocking Chair Test

Hi Barefoot, My wife and I are both 30 and we are lucky enough to earn a combined $350k per annum. Our living costs are $40k a year now, though kids may happen.

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Please Help, I’m Desperate

Hi Scott, In one of your recent newspaper columns you exposed the Tasmanian whisky operator Nant Distilling Company, warning your readers to steer clear of them. I was not so lucky.

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The Most Important Investment Lesson In The World

“If you stick around till lunch, I’ll share with you what I believe is the most important investment lesson in the world”, Warren Buffett told me (okay, and 40,000 others) in Omaha last weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. At which point my old man, an Omaha virgin, elbowed me in the ribs and said with a grin, “This is what we came here for”.

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