and this week the topics are pensions plain and simple and investing in the stock market for beginners Part II. Financial advisor Martha Myron gives some tips on how to choose a stock broker, open an investment account and pick stocks. Personal Finance runs every Saturday and is aimed at helping our readers better understand money and investment issues.

Each week it will feature: A regularly updated column giving current local bank and deposit company savings rates.

Reader-friendly articles on savings and investment products, the stock markets and saving and investing advice for people of all ages.

A regular column by Martha Myron CPA, CA. Ms Myron is a Bermudian licensed (Series 7 NASD) Senior Financial Advisor with First Bermuda Securities.

It is the newspaper's hope to expand the section to include as much local content as possible and we encourage financial advisors and investment firms to contact us at e-mail editorial ygazette.newsme dia.com with any suggestions.

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