A few random comments on the markets and finance:
Bull market
Yes that’s right. We seem to be in a bull market. The S&P 500 has produced a total return of about 150 percent since the bottom in March o...
After reading through the Budget release and attending the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s Budget Breakfast it is my opinion that Bermuda’s economic challenges are both enormous and wide ranging. In whi...
The investment industry’s obsession with measurement, performance and comparisons has always struck me as odd.
The fact that investment professionals expend so much time and energy devising various m...
Many countries are currently focused on amending and considering immigration changes because they realise that immigration reform can be a powerful toll to enhance the economic prospects for their cou...
Apple was taken to the cleaners on Thursday after it reported financial results on Wednesday night. One of the world’s most discussed stocks and a perennial Wall Street darling lost about $63.70 or al...
“This is the season of the year when a host of high-priced economists unlimber their high-speed computers and uncork their precise predictions for the economy for the year ahead: the exact level of GN...
In January of last year I laid out 12 unexpected events that were currently outside of the conventional consensus opinion that I felt had a reasonable chance of occurring (http://www.royalgazette.com/...
Every year I spend some time attempting to create a list of New Year’s resolutions to clarify my personal goals. The concept of New Year’s resolutions has a long history and some were actually financi...
One common concern among investors is the lack of income opportunities in the market. Bond yields have collapsed to record lows and offer very little absolute income. In fact most of the treasury curv...
This week, Nathan answers the questions we put to him about Bermuda’s fiscal situation and what can be done to improve it.
Just how serious is Bermuda’s public debt?
A major tipping point in regards...
