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Covid-19 appears to be slowing down in the earlier infected countries. And some economies are very carefully and slowly moving forward, but there are no full blown recoveries yet. We are reading and hearing about heightened stock market valuations, b...

This is part two of an article on suggestions to raise revenue during Bermuda’s covid recovery. Our government has utilised significant, precious financial resources to assist thousands of local residents: the unemployed, and those temporarily or mad...

This is part one of suggestions to Curtis Dickinson, Minister of Finance, to raise capital and jump-start the “new normal” Bermuda economy. The three most important responsibilities every government has towards its citizens, according to the World E...

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in Bermuda. Moneywise has an invitation for readers. Please send me your mother/grandmother stories, recipes, and narratives of their wonderful survivor skills for the Bermuda Islander Survival Handbook. Every single...

In this time and place it helps the psyche to return to the basics, to the everyday things we do to make life worthwhile. Moneywise will return to discussions of financial matters in a few weeks. Right now we all just have to get through this unprece...

Last Sunday, during my morning stroll through Facebook, I glanced at a long thread. Perhaps one of the longest threads in recent local social-media history. More than 800 comments generated by an extremely false claim that the Bermuda Government was ...

“Lord, am I worthy for you to enter under my roof?” In a previous column, I talked about what we commonly call karma or reaping what we sow. Today, I want to introduce a parallel subject of “worthiness”. Too often as individuals and society, we act ...

There is a lot of truth in the phrase “you reap what you sow”. We may not want to look at it, but in some ways, it’s like trying to run from one’s own shadow, which inevitably must follow. I have learnt to embrace our human imperfections and also th...

History repeats itself and the gory tragedies, which as tales and legends of the past, come back to truly haunt unsuspecting generations. A little more than a century ago, I lost a few of my ancestors to yellow fever, which was followed a little late...

The Moneywise Pretend Portfolio yearlong series has been updated to reflect stock and bond prices at original issue and as at end of January. The portfolio is not yet complete as each month in the year-long programme, but please take the time to see...