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If you have been following the markets over the past five years inflation has not really been on your radar. In fact the spectre of inflation has been continually elusive — until now. The common diatribe has been that the Fed’s interest rate policy ...

Dear Dave, Is it okay to buy something using a rent-to-own plan? JOSH Dear Josh, I advise against rent-to-own deals. Rent-to-own places get people in the door with promises of low monthly or weekly payments. But when it comes to rent-to-own furniture...

The following question has been a familiar recurring topic over the 18 years of Moneywise. A reader wrote: “Many Bermudians have — or are considering buying — homes in the United States even though they are not US citizens nor individuals who are nor...

Market commentary and discussion sometimes revolves around a group of stocks or asset class that have performed well and offer exciting stories. Lately this group known as the Fang stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google) has captured serious ai...

Concern about fundraising initiatives known as initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has been expressed by the IOSCO, a leading international policy forum for securities regulators. ICOs are also known as token sales or coin sales and typically involve th...

“The bottom line remains: forecasts and predictions are exercises in marketing. Outrageous and wrong forecasts are typically forgotten, and when one randomly happens to come true, the guru is lauded as the next Nostradamus” — Barry Ritholtz, Bloomber...

Dear Dave, Do you recommend having gold and silver as part of your investment portfolio? DON Dear Don, No, I do not. I also don’t recommend oil or corn futures. All of these are examples of commodities, and the commodities market is extremely volatil...

Over the past few weeks we’ve all been busy preparing for the holidays, shopping for the holidays, experiencing the warmth of the holidays. Now that it is all over and the new year is here, it is back to reality. And with it comes the usual monthly b...

Synchronised global growth, rising corporate profits and a surprisingly smooth path to US tax reform boosted stock markets around the world in 2017. Although potentially disruptive geopolitical events such as stalled Brexit negotiations, North Korean...

Disruptive change is here and with it comes a multitude of new buzz words ranging from blockchain and bitcoin, to ether, alt coins, and Power Ledger. Most frequently associated with finance, blockchain technologic consciousness is sweeping the globe....

Dear Dave, My wife and I are trying to improve our finances by living on a budget and following your plan. We’re in the middle of Baby Step 2, so we’re working to pay off everything but our house using the debt snowball. We only bring home about $40,...

Broadly speaking, equity markets may appear somewhat stretched. The S&P 500 trades at about 22 times its last 12 months’ earnings versus an historical average of about 16.5. Indeed, the S&P has soared a remarkable 280 per cent since falling to its na...