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It’s here, the time of year we say it’s not about the presents — and yet we spend like it is. The question is: Do you have a method to resist the annual spending spree if your money is tight? More than 147 million people plan to shop Black Friday wee...

Super taxes on the West's wealthiest may destroy recovery from the Euro-crisis. If a government doesn’t like something, it will tax it. Tobacco and CO2 emissions, for instance. CO2 carbon taxes are clever because the tax that's collected can then be...

Part one of this series was featured on owning your own business is the stuff of dreams. You are in control, you are expressing your personal drive and commitment, you are promoting the service or product that you are convinced everyone will like bec...

One of the questions that arise at all times is the following. How did the wealthy become so rich? And why aren’t they spreading it around? The answers, if I may presume to speak for them, are: They earned their wealth (yes, well, a minority inherit...

Those who attended LOM’s market update luncheon at the Hamilton Princess last week may recall our thesis that the US is one of the few major economic powers capable of pulling the world out of its present slump. As the ‘cleanest dirty shirt’ in the ...

Considerable commentary seen lately regarding the demographics of the potential continued domestic employee population in Bermuda. I say, potential, because it is a statistical fact that unemployment among Bermudian residents is high and continuing t...

Clearing out the explosive jungle that constitutes part of the garden while enjoying fall, a favourite season in Bermuda, the parallels between the growth of plants and the appreciation and allocation of an investment portfolio seemed natural. Bermud...

Why can’t countries act like companies? If the US was an incorporated company instead of a sovereign nation, it would be bust and filing for bankruptcy. Many European countries are in a similar financial position. First world finances are so topsy-t...

(Bloomberg) — Financial pros have a long history of sneering at mom and pop investors as “the dumb money,” all the while cashing in on commissions each time a sucker sells at the bottom or buys at the top. Now the US. Securities and Exchange Commissi...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It's time to watch Washington to see just how bad your New Year's Eve is going to be. Without any action in the Capitol, the US economy is said to be poised to fall off of a "fiscal cliff." Projected increases in taxes and cuts...

World War III or 200 percent inflation is in store in coming years as manufacturing data causes immediate concern. Hard-working citizens in Western nations often earn less than what is spent on their behalf by debt-ridden governments. As poor manufa...