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What does it mean to be free? To you personally? Well, you think — that’s an easy answer. “I can own and do what I want with my private property, express my opinions, think what I want, vote for who I want, marry whom I choose, I have equal rights ag...

Young or old, we are bombarded daily with a barrage of media exhortations giving retirement advice and warnings. The messages range from “If you don’t save for retirement, beware of the future,” and “Purchase this guaranteed annuity that will provid...

“The bottom line remains: forecasts and predictions are exercises in marketing. Outrageous and wrong forecasts are typically forgotten, and when one randomly happens to come true, the guru is lauded as the next Nostradamus.” - Barry Ritholtz, Bloomb...

Immigration, work permits and Bermuda status generated tremendous upheaval on the island this week. But what do you know about the law, the defining pieces of our Constitution for democratic society? It pays to out the real facts and that is someth...

“It’s so strange. Everything can be going along just great, and then one day, whack, you’re blindsided — a lousy, crammy blow you didn’t see coming.” - James Patterson One thing we have written about extensively is that a country or a company should ...

Christmas shopping all caught up? In the rush of preparations for one of the biggest holidays of the year, I am willing to bet that very few of us want to take time to think about the freedom of choice surrounding this historically famous celebration...

Christmas shopping preparations have started. Pressure is escalating for parents, relatives and friends to produce gifts that will live up to expectations. Not everyone has a spending nest egg this year given that here are many individuals, and the...

I took some time last week reading through the entire Speech from The Throne (“the Speech”) and the Reply to the Throne Speech (“the Reply”). There was actually a lot to like in both documents. What follows is not a political discussion but a brief e...

Every month, we will answer general questions from readers about trips, traps, and tangled finances involving their international connections. The following case, that is actually an iteration of a number of similar cases, has been reconfigured to k...

Well, another year for the acclaimed Throne Speech, and the Opposition’s response has occurred, postulated, and gone. And as usual, there were optimistic visions, some more concrete than others, in each speech for us to ruminate on while hoping that ...