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Dear Dave, My wife and I have plans to enter the mission field as soon as we have paid off our debt and get a full emergency fund in place. We only have about $12,000 in credit card debt left, and we don’t own a home, but my father does not want this...

Bermuda’s Cup Match holiday is half over. It always reminds me of the Crown and Anchor booth, legalised betting allowed on one of the few events a year in Bermuda – for just about everyone participating it is a harmless, fun tradition. So, readers an...

Dear Dave, I finished college a couple of years ago, and I have a good job making $65,000 a year. The only debt I have is about $5,000 remaining on a car loan, and I am paying that off as quickly as possible. At the same time, my mum and dad need rep...

Here are my observations of a very interesting last week in the world of finance and economics and the implications for Bermuda. Dollar dominates: the US dollar achieved parity with the euro. The euro currency, established by the provisions in th...

With skyrocketing prices everywhere you turn these days, it’s more important than ever to take control of your money by making and sticking to a monthly budget. And I’m a big believer that every married couple should have a monthly budget meeting be...

Inflation is driving up the cost of everything at bewildering speed for our economy. Combating the direct hit to the family budget has become a necessary, frustrating everyday occurrence that may not economically recorrect for some time. Is there mor...

Dear Dave, My husband and I have a beginner emergency fund set aside, and we’re working on paying off $30,000 in credit card debt and two cars in Baby Step 2. He would also like us to start putting money aside for a couple of trips and a few other th...

As humans, we’re wired for growth. But we’re also prone to laziness, apathy, impulse, stress and guilt­. And right about now is when most of us have let our January resolutions fall by the wayside — especially the financial ones. You see, on the roa...

This is the first in a series of excerpts from a financial primer written by the author for modern women and their future financial security, to be published in late winter 2022. The last few weeks of momentous changes in both federal and state court...

Dear Dave, My father-in-law passed away earlier this year. Since then, my wife and I have faced a dilemma because of the inheritance. Her dad had several life insurance policies, and he left one to her and one to each of her siblings. The one he left...

Dear Dave, Sometimes on vacation trips I like to check out casinos. I always account for the money I wager in my budget, and I never spend more than I’ve allotted. How do you feel about gambling at a casino, as long as you limit your spending this wa...

US capital markets are crashing – when have we seen this before, and how many times have we experienced it? It’s probably the first time if you are a young investor, for the rest of us it is déjà vu all over again. It’s nothing new; the cause may be ...