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Dear Dr. Nekia, My friends have been trying to set me up on dates with guys. I don’t mind dating but they are not happy that I have not found anyone to settle down with. I have met some nice guys, but most of them were just not ambitious or establish...

In the fall of 2007, an analyst named Meredith Whitney from a second-tier Wall Street firm would make a name for herself in the world of finance when she predicted that Citigroup was so undercapitalised and mismanaged that it would surely be forced t...

In this article, I continue the discussion of a reader’s question regarding the Bermuda Government and its global financial information-sharing agreements (IGAs/Fatca) and the role of local financial institutions to identify all of their account hold...

Dear Dave, My wife and I argue a lot about finances. We’re trying to get more control over our money, and she has been listening to you. That’s helped a lot. She’s also a lot more frugal than I am, and our biggest point of contention right now is how...

Setting a retirement savings goal can feel like a crap shoot. How can you calculate your expenses, especially for healthcare, five, 10, 50 years from now? If you’ve punted, you have company. Only 41 per cent of workers have even tried to figure out h...

Dear Dave, One of my relatives just graduated from college with $20,000 in student loan debt. Her boyfriend graduated, too, and he has over $100,000 in student loan debt. They want to get married, so she’s looking for a job. He wants to go to graduat...

Moneywise uses hypothetical composite cases to protect reader identities and to illustrate the experiences, confusion, and financial impediments to the ordinary lives of Bermuda residents with global financial connections. Another reader question. “T...

Recent global statistics on divorce rates per 1,000 people list Bermuda as one of the highest in the world, down only six places from number No 1 Russia and one digit away from the United States. Bermuda is also now the most expensive country in th...

This week’s article, part six of the Bermuda Investment Primer Series, is written in support of the “Own Your Share of Bermuda” sponsored by the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) and the second article in The Royal Gazette series on publicly-traded Bermud...

BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, recently asked a group of Americans in defined-contribution plans, how they’re fixed for retirement. Most said they’re on track to kick back in comfort. Are they crazy? If they are, so are some of the equ...

Dear Dave, After listening to your show, I want to try to get control of my finances, but I’m afraid to open up the bills. I make about $60,000 a year, but it’s a real struggle just to keep my head above water financially. My chequing account is alwa...

A reader of The Royal Gazette wrote to me and asked for help. The following life scenario has been changed dramatically to protect the anonymity and identity of the reader. All information given to me is always kept confidential. Severely stressed a...