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So, what is your desired salary? This is a question that can make any job candidate’s stomach drop, whether they’re reading it on an application or hearing it from an interviewer. You don’t want to give a lowball answer, but you also don’t want to se...

Surprise! Your child might buy your Christmas present with his or her very own debit card – funded by you, of course. Debit cards for kids – from as young as three to late teenager – are still a relatively new concept, less than a decade old. The gro...

Dear Dave, I thought I was going to get control of my money and make a lot of other positive changes in my life this year, but very few of the things I wanted to accomplish happened. I started strong, and began with serious intentions, but somewhere ...

We are in the car pulling through a drive-in window. He looks solemnly at me and says: “My mom gets the money from the machine and then, she buys me what I want, like Lego people.” His face lights up in anticipation. He is only 4 years old yet has al...

Dear Dave, I don’t really see eye-to-eye with my dad and older brother on many things. This is not a new realisation on my part, but over the last few years it has led to hard feelings and various arguments at family gatherings about religion, financ...

Dear Dave, We’re doing our best to stick to our cash Christmas budget this year. Are there any traps to avoid, and do you have other advice on ways we can cut costs during the holiday season? – René Dear René, If you’re getting out of debt, the phra...

DIY investing is one of the hottest trends out there. You’ve probably heard about apps focused on micro-investing, robo-investing, and DIY investing such as Robinhood, M1 Finance, Stash, Betterment and Acorns. Now, if you’re not hip to the lingo, DI...

Those invested in the broader equity markets should be happy with this year’s results. Despite rising interest rates, new waves of the coronavirus and China’s backlash against capitalism, risk markets have soared in 2021 with the MSCI World Stock ind...

In November 2007 and 2008, Moneywise wrote articles about gratitude and thanks to provide (in some small way) some positive thought-coping mechanisms for islanders experiencing Bermuda’s economic pain, caused then by a global market crash. Then a...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for buying gifts. And while you’re at it, you might as well buy something for yourself, right? We’ve all been there. Remember in Friends when Monica bought those super expensive leather boots on impulse? She...