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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It's time to watch Washington to see just how bad your New Year's Eve is going to be. Without any action in the Capitol, the US economy is said to be poised to fall off of a "fiscal cliff." Projected increases in taxes and cuts...

Latin America might be a good place to invest some of your money to get double-digit returns over the next decade. That is the view of HSBC’s Pedro Bastos, an expert on the region’s economy who was in Hamilton yesterday to give an investor presentati...

World War III or 200 percent inflation is in store in coming years as manufacturing data causes immediate concern. Hard-working citizens in Western nations often earn less than what is spent on their behalf by debt-ridden governments. As poor manufa...

Despite its reputation as a perennial long shot in the race for investment performance, gold has once again come through with a respectable return this year. At the time of this writing the price of gold has increased by 12.3 percent so far this year...

QE3 means easy money for the US economy but the extra money is creating the inflation that we see now and in the future, at the supermarket checkout. The US looks on the brink of another round of QE. The trouble is, this financial boosting measure ...

WASHINGTON — Here's how I selected my first bank, the one I've now been with for decades. A branch was a few blocks from where I had my first job after college and on the way to the bus stop. Over the years, I've gotten frustrated with the customer s...

The ‘PIIGS’ should leave the euro. It’s the pensions of the top brass — or rather fear of losing them — now holding the Eurozone together. In all logic, Greece should leave the Euro. So should Spain. The same goes for Portugal and most likely, Irela...

Look at equities if you want to avoid being sucked into the black hole of Western sovereign debt. American markets are back at pre-crash levels. It’s hard to imagine why. Unless you believe that the market is always right, the simple answer is: the...