Columnist Barefoot Investor

Rubbish. I know from personal experience that as little as a thousand bucks can change your life. Coming up with a grand shouldn't be too much of a stretch, especially if you've read and implemented a few suggestions from last week's

But with the economy heading for recession, frugality is fast coming back into fashion. That's why this week I'm going to show you some quick, easy ways to save you thousands of dollars, and potentially much more depending on your threshold

I stuck my neck out two weeks ago in this column when I got right behind the Government's First Home Saver Accounts (FHSAs) – even though I knew they'd be as popular with young people as sharing a bunk bed with your brother. Talk about a

How money-smart are you? Well, this week ANZ released the results from its annual Financial Literacy Survey, which tracks how knowledgeable Australians are about their finances. The results were not unlike a troubled teenager's school report:

The credit crisis is a stressful situation – well, if you're over 30. Many of the Facebook fraternity (whose superannuation stash isn't yet enough to cover a one-way Jetstar ticket to Bendigo) see an upside to the market downside: the