The United States stock markets blazed through new highs this week. How could this be?
There are many and varied opinions (I emphasise opinion) as to why the US (and other global markets) are up, even...
You have to ask. How can the same house with little to no changes be worth so much in a booming economy, then so much less when an economy has declined?
It can be argued this is a normal outcome of t...
It was sad and regrettable to read the court case facts last week involving the collapse of a mortgage, a possible devastated business, the pending foreclosure on a family home, the original intention...
Happy Cup Match, readers. Even if you cannot participate in the usual physical festivities, it has to be a nice break away from the relentless medical anxieties and economic news.
And, so for somethi...
The airport scene described at the Azorean repatriation flight on Tuesday was pretty upsetting, garnering more than 400 comments. It was obvious that numerous individuals were leaving short of cash, s...
Following up on our article of last week, relative to the Bermuda Government Contributory Pension Fund, we share additional feedback from readers and others.
A reader asked: “If I don’t qualify for Go...
A reader has questions regarding the government initiative to allow employees and employers to elect to suspend social insurance contributions, which go into the Contributory Pension Fund, until June ...
This is a look at the Labour Force Survey report issued in May 2020 issued by the Bermuda Government Department of Statistics.
The report is based on data collected from the November 2018, May 2019 an...
This article continues our discussion of post-Covid-19 recovery with thoughts of everything returning to the old normal, a semblance of normal, or the new normal, or something quite different again.
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The whole Covid-19 crisis has seemed unreal, from beginning to where we are now, for those relatively unaffected by health or job worries.
We are all probably functioning on “hope for the best” basis...
