25 year old author and stock broker, Scott Pape delivers streetwise strategies to help young people quickly achieve the financial goals they set for themselves.

The Barefoot Investor is more than a catchy title. It’s about learning about how money can be used in a way that brings the most pleasure and fulfilment.

Scott writes for young people: those working and studying who are trying to get ahead and grappling with debt, home ownership, HECS, superannuation, investing and budgeting but his ideas also apply across age groups.

Scott Pape on why he wrote the book:

‘When I first set out to learn about finance, the thing that got to me was that most of what I read was relentlessly boring. It simply didn’t cut it. The essence of personal finance is about helping you to achieve the things that are most important to you.

‘I really don’t care for accumulating money for money’s sake. The premise behind The Barefoot Investor is not focused on being greedy—accumulating money for money’s sake, nor is it about reducing the fun you have now so that you can enjoy your golden years.

‘’It’s not about being yuppie either, talking to your stockbroker on your brand new Nokia while sipping a cafe latte. It’s not about being the richest person on the block, hoarding your money until your sixty-five, or scrimping over a two-dollar purchase. It’s about working out what you want from this thing we call life and using your assets (all of them) in order to get you there.

For some it could be a once in a lifetime holiday backpacking through Europe. For others it may be buying a house in the burbs with a white picket fence. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you learn to allocate your money away from stupid stuff that has little or no effect on your life, towards things that will make a real difference to you.