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Here are two short ramblings from discussions I have had recently on the market action and investing pension assets in Bermuda. Melt-up The S&P 500 is levitating nicely. To many I talk to there is some confusion and dismay. They read all the negativ...

Considering the role of Bermudian investments and their effect on you and your family. Your first thought: what! I don’t even have an investment account, so this type of article doesn’t affect me. Wait. Read on. Oh, yes investments influence you, in...

Government officials, making more moves this week, are guaranteed to cause some further head scratching. First, the European Central Bank started yet another wave of monetary easing yesterday; and next week, the Fed is likely to cut interest rates by...

Earlier this year I wrote about the island capital markets (“Investment Opportunities in the islands” — March 19, 2019) highlighting what were in my opinion the best investments closer to home. In scanning the offshore world, my conclusion was that t...

This week the ten-year US Treasury bond yield fell to 2.09 per cent, its lowest level in twenty months as interest rates in Europe continued to plunge and President Trump threatened Mexico with new tariffs. With Brexit negotiations caught in a seemin...

With the US stock market averages hitting new highs, selectivity will likely be the key to successful investing in the months and years ahead. Some trends will persist but others may fade as the extended economic recovery approaches record duration. ...

Warwick Academy team StockClimbers are living up to their name by maintaining a commanding lead in the KPMG Senior School Investment Challenge. By the end of March, the team had turned their original virtual investment of $100,000 into $115,255.50 —...

Developed market bond yields are melting. No matter where you turn yields are hitting low levels again and central banks continue to shift toward an even more dovish stance. If you are one who believes money and lending should have a “price” and want...

Last week I had the pleasure of joining the dynamic Toni Waterman on her weekly show The Breakdown, recorded locally at the Bermuda Broadcasting Company. The programme airs regularly on Thursday evenings and the topic for the last week’s edition was ...

Warwick Academy team StockClimbers have extended their lead at the top of the KPMG Senior School Investment Challenge. At the end of last month, the team had turned their $100,000 virtual investment into $117,632.04, an improvement of 17.6 per cent s...

Entrepreneurs providing food and beverages, sundries and souvenirs have been invited to operate vendor spots at Daniel’s Head Beach this summer. The Bermuda Land Development Company is welcoming vendors from last year, but wishes to offer new amenit...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” begins a famous Charles Dickens novel. Unsurprisingly, this phrase has been repeated countless times in financial publications since Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Over the past few...