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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How to Earn $6,000 in One Hour
My wife and I are fiercely trying to pay down our home loan. After trying to negotiate down our rate with our lender last year, we decided it was time to switch to what was, at the time, the best variable rate we could find.
Die With Zero
I’ve had a bloke living in my back paddock for the last couple of months.
True dinks.
His name is Oliver, and he’s a 21-year-old pommy backpacker who works on my farm, lives in his van, and does his business in our shearing shed portaloo (which, up until now, has only been used by shearers and requires a full hazmat suit to do a number two).
Do this one thing for me
Howard Marks is one of the world’s greatest investors.
He’s so influential that Warren Buffett says that whenever Marks writes anything he stops what he’s doing and reads it immediately.
So My Wife Has a Boyfriend …
I was reading your article ‘So My Husband Has a Lady Friend’ from last week, and it struck me that this is exactly my story. Except it’s me, the husband, who has discovered his wife is having ‘catch-ups’ with her ex-boyfriend from before we met.
The Farmer
My name is Sam Williams, I’m 13 years old, and I own a business – a Poll Dorset sheep stud.
The Magic of Manifesting Money (Without Hard Work)
You need to share this book with your audience. It’s called "The Magic of Manifesting Money: 15 Advanced Manifestation Techniques to Attract Wealth, Success, and Abundance Without Hard Work".
My Ultimate Father’s Day Present
Last year on Father’s Day you advised readers to sit down with their father and ask them five questions on video.
The ‘Die with Debt’ Strategy
I feel a bit disturbed when a different strategy recently came to my attention. If you don’t have any children (or don’t plan to, which is becoming more common) and are therefore not worried about what you might pass on to your children when you die, then you should borrow as much money as you can and pay back as little as possible.
What you’re about to read is going to get me into trouble
What you’re about to read is going to get me into trouble.
So I’m going to cut to the chase: to all the marketing managers of the products I’m about to mention, please email my assistant: idontcare@barefootinvestor.com
So My Husband Has a Lady Friend …
My husband has met a new lady friend. We got through Covid without killing each other (or the kids), but this year has been horrible.
Leaving a Cult
I’ve known about the Barefoot Investor for years, but I couldn’t buy your book as I was being severely controlled physically and financially by my parents, who raised my siblings and me in a religious cult that considered living in poverty as absolute for being a devoted follower.
ING Totally Sucks!
Let me count the ways that ING sucks. Their customer service absolutely sucks.
My Business Banking Set-up
I’ve spoken a lot about how I manage my money … you know, the Barefoot Buckets, the orange cards, and the super-cheap index funds.
Barefoot OnlyFans?
I’d like to learn to do forex cash trading as a side hustle to supplement my income (so eventually I might be able to move to part-time work and have more time to spend with my daughter, who’s eight and was diagnosed with anxiety last year).
Patronising, Condescending and Out of Touch
Reading Jim Chalmers’ last week set my teeth grinding, but what really made my blood boil and shoot flames from my ears was his answer to Emma about rent rises.
What Drugs Are They Smok’n?
I struggle to relate to the questions you get. A couple earning $160,000 a year can’t save 20% for a deposit, or a single mum edging up to $100,000 a year is struggling financially.
Admit It: You Were WRONG, Barefoot
Late 2020, hubby and I were renting a granny flat in Sydney for $520 a week. He saw on the news that house prices were set to rise as much as 30% and said we needed to buy our first home ASAP.
Albo should have known better
Last week I got the Treasurer to answer readers’ questions, and the verdict was swift and brutal:
Old Jimbo may have been Barefoot for the day, but readers thought the bloke had bunions!
Jim Chalmers goes Barefoot for a day
Today I’m doing something that I’ve never done before in nearly 20 years of writing this column …
I’m letting someone else answer my readers’ questions:
And that someone else is Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Have You Changed Your Mind on HECS?
My hubby has $85,000 in HECS debt, and I’m wondering what your thoughts are on the HECS-HELP debt saga.