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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...

Since January, the US economy and stock markets have been hit by the perfect storm. The S&P 500 registered its worst half year since 1970 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest first-half decline since 1972. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

On Wednesday of this week, in a mind-numbing 26-page reading challenge, the Bermuda Government announced an offer (tender) to redeem (buy back) for cash two of its issues of senior notes from the bondholder investors of record. The senior notes in o...

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...

The cryptocurrency market is in upheaval, in concert with, and reflecting investor concerns in managing traditional capital market volatility. Cryptocurrency is the latest evolution in the chain of mediums of exchange. There have been numerous adapta...

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 ...

Dear Dave, I live with my boyfriend, and we have a baby together. I brought debt into the relationship, and I’m using your debt snowball method to pay it off, but he is debt-free. We have quite a few shared expenses that we split 50-50, but that mean...