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This is the second part of the series about the anatomy of a mortgage contract. In part one, we coved the basics – the various kinds of mortgages, legal ownership, and some of the process. Readers, please keep in mind that this is a general discours...

Dear Dave, I am getting older, and health issues over the last year have made me begin thinking about selling my small business. I have spoken with a couple of potential buyers recently, and one of them seems to be the kind of person who would handle...

A healthy relationship between employees and employers – with all parties understanding and living up to their obligations – is fundamental to our economy. Looking at the details of some employment disputes in Bermuda helps us to understand where th...

Dear Dave, My wife and I are in our late twenties, and we have a full emergency fund saved up. Our only debt is our home. We have talked about having a child some time next year, but I am on the road three weeks a month for my job. I don’t want to be...

Buying your dream home is a huge decision in many of our financial lives. In this, the first of a five-part series in Moneywise, we take a look at what the process entails. You’ve saved and saved – now the dream is about to become a reality. One of t...

Dear Dave, I need your advice. I just accepted a new job in a field I love three weeks ago. Yesterday, I was recruited and offered a position by a huge company for the same kind of position, and they pay more than twice what I’m making now. I did not...

On April 18 2022, a financial literacy contest was announced for all readers of this Moneywise column, seeking five winners. The contest invited any interested contestants to describe in 200 words or less what financial literacy / wellness means to y...

Inflation: it’s a constant news headline, the joke of every meme, and the word we curse under our breath every time we have to put the fancy bacon back on the shelf and grab the generic turkey bacon instead. Whether we want to admit it or not, inflat...

The past eight months have been an extremely tough market, investments expert Sailesh Bhundia told the weekly Hamilton Rotary meeting, with one of his chief concerns being inflation. “We have also had central banks inadvertently just turn very hawki...

The traditional 60/40 portfolio, where 60 per cent is invested in stocks and 40 per cent in bonds, is often considered the starting point for investors who can take a bit of volatility but still want to protect principal and grow capital over time. ...