{"id":32789,"date":"2021-04-16T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=32789"},"modified":"2021-04-26T23:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T03:22:18","slug":"the-barefoot-investor-bank-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-barefoot-investor-bank-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barefoot Investor: Bank Accounts Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What bank accounts does <em>The Barefoot Investor <\/em>recommend? What is the purpose of these accounts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em>, Scott Pape recommends opening five bank accounts: two checking accounts, two savings accounts, and a backstop account. Besides helping you organize your income and spending, opening these accounts will save you money on banking fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some recommendations for opening <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bank Accounts According to <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em>, Scott Pape recommends setting up five bank accounts that allow you to avoid banking fees and start directing money toward five important purposes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Day-to-Day:<\/strong> basic expenses<\/li><li><strong>Treat:<\/strong> nonessentials that you enjoy<\/li><li><strong>Happy:<\/strong> long-term purchases you need time to save for<\/li><li><strong>Fire:<\/strong> pressing needs, like paying off debt or saving for a home<\/li><li><strong>Backstop:<\/strong> in case of emergency<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why It\u2019s Important<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons you might currently be banking with a high-cost bank without realizing it\u2014for instance, you might have an account at the same place that your parents did, or you might have received a bank account with your home loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s good reason to switch: Switching to banks with no fees can save you thousands of dollars over the course of your lifetime. The average Australian household pays $489 per year in bank fees, some of the highest in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> Bank Accounts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Set up two checking accounts with banks that offer online interfaces and don\u2019t charge fees, including for ATM transactions.<\/strong> Pape recommends ING Orange Everyday Debit Cards, available in Australia. The only caveat is that you\u2019ll need to deposit $1,000 into one of the accounts each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re doing this with a spouse, you\u2019ll share these accounts, with each of you having your own debit card. Pape and his wife have an agreement that they\u2019re each allowed to spend up to $400 on anything they want from these accounts without asking the other for permission. They have to discuss spending anything above that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Set up two high-interest savings accounts. <\/strong>Pape recommends using ING Savings Maximizers, which you can connect to your ING debit accounts. Label one \u201cHappy\u201d and one \u201cFire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <strong>Set up an account at a separate bank that you won\u2019t be tempted to use, called your \u201cBackstop\u201d account. <\/strong>Pape recommends UBank USaver, a savings account in Australia with a high interest rate. Deposit $2,000 in it to start with. In Step 6, you\u2019ll work to save three months of living expenses in this account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally, you\u2019ll never have to touch the money in your Backstop account, but it\u2019ll be there if you need it in an emergency or need money to fall back on. For example, if you lose your job and need time to find a new one, you can use the money in this account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> Bank Accounts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve set up <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> bank accounts, the next step is to plan how you are going to distribute your take-home pay over those accounts. Creating a plan is the key to actually saving money. The simpler the plan, the easier it is to adhere to because when you don\u2019t have to think as hard or make choices, saving becomes automatic. <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> recommends drawing up what he calls the \u201cnapkin\u201d plan. Under this plan, you\u2019ll put money from your take-home pay into three main categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blow<\/li><li>Grow<\/li><li>Backstop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blow<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This category consists of money that you\u2019ll spend on a daily basis, as well as savings you\u2019ll put away for longer-term purchases. Each month, your take-home pay will be deposited in your Day-to-Day account. Then, you\u2019ll redirect some of it into your other accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In general, aim to spend only 60 percent of your take-home pay on essentials, like bills, shelter, food, transportation, and insurance.<\/strong> This will leave you 40 percent to put toward other purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how it\u2019ll work\u2014each time you\u2019re paid, have your Day-to-Day account automatically direct:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>10 percent to your Treat account.&nbsp;<\/li><li>10 percent to your Happy account.&nbsp;<\/li><li>20 percent to your Fire account.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Percent: Treat Account<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019ll use your Treat account for treating yourself regularly to whatever you like to buy.<\/strong> Maybe it\u2019s pumpkin spice lattes, or new clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it\u2019s a debit account, it comes with its own card. Write Treat on it with a Sharpie so that you can tell it apart from your Day-to-Day spending card. Remember: Once you\u2019ve used up your Treat dollars for the month, you\u2019re not allowed to dip into other accounts for that purpose. You\u2019ll have to wait until next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Percent: Happy Account<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The money directed to your Happy account (a savings account) allows you to save for bigger expenses that you can\u2019t buy with one paycheck, like a vacation. In other words, you\u2019re saving to make a larger-than-normal purchase that brings happiness to your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Depending on what you\u2019re saving for, you may want to increase or decrease the percentage you direct toward this account.<\/strong> For example, if you\u2019re saving for a $1,200 plane ticket to Tokyo, and you want to buy it in three months, you\u2019ll need to put $400 dollars in your Happy account for three months to reach that goal. If you normally only put $300 per month toward this account, you\u2019ll have to modify your other monthly expenses. For example, you could divert a smaller portion of your take-home pay into your Treat account, putting the remainder in your Happy account instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">20 Percent: Fire Account<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll use the money in this account to deal with \u201cfinancial fires.\u201d Financial fires are anything you want to concentrate a good chunk of money on paying for, such as eliminating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/national-credit-card-debt\/\">credit card debt<\/a> or student loans. It could also include larger expenses than you\u2019d normally save for in your Happy account, such as a downpayment on a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout this book, you\u2019ll learn where to direct this money in different stages of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Grow<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This category consists of your long-term savings: your money for your super, as well as any investments you own, like rental properties or shares.<\/strong> In Steps 6 and 9, you\u2019ll learn more about how to manage this category of savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Backstop<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Backstop is an account that holds money separately from the Blow and Grow category. It is both its own spending category (like Blow and Grow) as well as a separate bank account. In Step 1, you should have deposited $2,000, but if you haven\u2019t yet done so, find some creative ways to get that money in there, like working overtime or selling some belongings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because your Backstop money is at another bank, it should feel mostly off-limits, unless you need it in an emergency, like getting laid off from your job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What bank accounts does The Barefoot Investor recommend? What is the purpose of these accounts? In The Barefoot Investor, Scott Pape recommends opening five bank accounts: two checking accounts, two savings accounts, and a backstop account. Besides helping you organize your income and spending, opening these accounts will save you money on banking fees. 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