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The world needs to find the ‘Global Economic Reset’ button. Japan could be first to find it, while the rest of us follow. Japan may be on the edge of a massive change. The Bank of Japan effectively rules Japan because it controls the purse strings ...

Last summer, I wrote here about the impending fiscal cliff (“Fiscal Cliffhanger”, July 28, 2012) and explored the issues surrounding America’s steadily escalating policy uncertainty which had already begun to impact economic growth. And now with jus...

It’s here, the time of year we say it’s not about the presents — and yet we spend like it is. The question is: Do you have a method to resist the annual spending spree if your money is tight? More than 147 million people plan to shop Black Friday wee...

Super taxes on the West's wealthiest may destroy recovery from the Euro-crisis. If a government doesn’t like something, it will tax it. Tobacco and CO2 emissions, for instance. CO2 carbon taxes are clever because the tax that's collected can then be...

Part one of this series was featured on owning your own business is the stuff of dreams. You are in control, you are expressing your personal drive and commitment, you are promoting the service or product that you are convinced everyone will like bec...

Those who attended LOM’s market update luncheon at the Hamilton Princess last week may recall our thesis that the US is one of the few major economic powers capable of pulling the world out of its present slump. As the ‘cleanest dirty shirt’ in the ...

Why can’t countries act like companies? If the US was an incorporated company instead of a sovereign nation, it would be bust and filing for bankruptcy. Many European countries are in a similar financial position. First world finances are so topsy-t...

(Bloomberg) — Financial pros have a long history of sneering at mom and pop investors as “the dumb money,” all the while cashing in on commissions each time a sucker sells at the bottom or buys at the top. Now the US. Securities and Exchange Commissi...