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The thing about money — we all need it. “Money bewitches people. They fret for it, and they sweat for it. They devise most ingenious ways to get it, and most ingenuous ways to get rid of it. Money is the only commodity that is good for nothing but t...

It is almost assured that at this point, given the strong equity market returns seen over the last few years, many investors will undoubtedly have a series of internal debates over when to sell. It would seem it is almost unarguable to suggest marke...

There are numerous definitions for medium of exchange. The best one is from www.dictionary.com: “Anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.” I prefer this definition. A medium of exchange i...

Dear Sir, I refer to the letter of E. McNeil Stovell (October 18, 2017) wherein he attacks Donald Trump for being a racist. For once, I agree with Mr Stovell and I should add that the human race is taking far too long to grow up and realise that we a...

This is the final article of six, published between October 2 and 7, in support of the Bermuda Stock Exchange World Investor Week Quiz Challenge. Each article has a question embedded. Find the question and send your answer to wiwqc@bsx.com. Those wit...

A few weeks ago, I came downstairs in the morning to find a trail of icing sugar between the kitchen and the living room. Negligent in my parenting, I’d had a lie-in and almost slept while I could hear the girls crashing around downstairs. On a Sund...

Follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow and into The Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s production of The Wizard of Oz in Bermuda showing Thursday, October 5th through Saturday, October 14th, with the exception of Monday, October 9th. The show will s...

Almost six months ago, we put out a short questionnaire to the readers of The Royal Gazette. Some of you responded, bless you, and I thank these reader participants so very much. No one really likes to fill out forms of any kind, especially surveys....

“Going home, going home, I am going home — to a tax compliance maze.” A reader asks: “Perhaps, heeding the call from our local politicians and business leaders, a Bermudian friend of ours is returning home to Bermuda with his foreign spouse after tw...

“A sister in need is a sister indeed.” One never knows the full meaning of this saying until they themselves are the brother or sister in need. Over the past week, the world has witnessed the evolution of climate change in the form of Hurricane Irm...