The Barefoot Investor: 2018/2019 Edition: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need

by Scott Pape

CD audiobook, 2018

Status

Available

Call number

332.024

Tags

Publication

Bolinda/Audible audio (2018), Edition: Unabridged edition

Description

Business. Finance. Nonfiction. HTML: ** Reviewed and updated for the 2020-2021 financial year** This is the only money guide you'll ever need That's a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves. So what makes this one different? Well, you won't be overwhelmed with a bunch of 'tips' ... or a strict budget (that you won't follow). You'll get a step-by-step formula: open this account, then do this; call this person, and say this; invest money here, and not there. All with a glass of wine in your hand. This book will show you how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette ... and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week. You'll also get the skinny on: Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months Doubling your income using the 'Trapeze Strategy' Saving $78,173 on your mortgage and wiping out 7 years of payments Finding a financial advisor who won't rip you off Handing your kids (or grandkids) a $140,000 cheque on their 21st birthday Why you don't need $1 million to retire ... with the 'Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy' Sound too good to be true? It's not. This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies �?? single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees �?? who have applied the simple steps in this book and achieved amazing, life-changing results. And you're next… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member spbooks
Brilliant book. Wish it had been available 30 years ago. Very clear advice offered with a sense of humour and so simple to follow. Already feel like things have improved with our finances. Highly recommend this to everyone whatever your age or stage of life.
LibraryThing member madepercy
I wasn't going to write anything about this book. It is written much like a blog, with no real paragraphs, corny humour, "literally", "totally", "like", Americanised adverbs, and sometimes corny drawings. But the central message is important, and after some hesitation I thought it right to record
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some of the highlights. In my journal, I wrote down this quote from Warren Buffet" "Stay away from debt. If you're smart, you don't need it. If you're dumb you got no business using it". Pape writes about precisely what he does, including the companies he uses in implementing his financial strategy. There is a story about two alpacas that will bring a tear to your eye, and this adds moral impetus to Pape's purpose in writing. His personal story is an important part of the work. The only part that I was not comfortable with concerns earning additional income through side businesses or freelance work. I have worked more than one job since leaving the regular army in 1997 until 2012. Admittedly, I was doing so to maintain a self-constructed treadmill of stupid decisions, but these days I am content with my earnings and have no desire to increase these more than "natural increase" brings. That said, it would have made no difference to my 18 year old self if I had received this book back then. Fools must learn from their mistakes. But it may be helpful for a disciplined parent to develop themselves as a financial role model for their children or grandchildren, if one finds their time has come and gone. I have taken many of the steps mentioned in this book - indeed, some I took as I arrived at the precise location of the advice on the page. Much of the other advice has confirmed and given me confidence in the steps I have already taken, but I am too shy to reveal this side of my existence. I was sceptical about this book, but now I am glad I read it anyway.
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LibraryThing member Felicity-Smith
Cannot fault this (excluding my lack of doing the steps!). Great pace, great examples, great advice. Would recommend

Awards

Australian Book Industry Awards (Shortlist — General Non-Fiction — 2017)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

5.2 x 4.8 inches

ISBN

1489460756 / 9781489460752

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