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Watching the kids bob along in their costumes awkwardly strolling from house to house in search of sugar nirvana amid a sea of other little hunters made me reflect on recent market volatility. October’s roller coaster ride in the market definitely of...

Two weeks ago Alibaba (‘BABA’), China’s biggest e-commerce company, marked the biggest IPO (initial public offering of shares to the public) in history. The company raised some $25 billion (Visa was second at $19.7 billion in March 2008). This huge I...

Budding young stock pickers can try their hand at building up a nest egg in the KPMG Senior School Investment Challenge — with $20,000 in prizes up for grabs. Professional services firm KPMG is looking for teams from Island schools to invest a virtua...

Anyone who travels is aware the major air carriers have gotten a bit greedy in recent years. Despite sluggish real wage growth and elevated unemployment levels, most airlines continue to whack customers with high fares and extra costs. Carriers are c...

“Well, I have a message for the Scots: Be afraid, be very afraid. The risks of going it alone are huge. You may think that Scotland can become another Canada, but it’s all too likely that it would end up becoming Spain without the sunshine.” - Paul ...

A couple of weeks ago we had the central bank “rock-star concert” in Jackson Hole. There we heard Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen start yelling about the labour market following the Great Recession and provided a few breadcrumbs as to how thi...

“It will fluctuate.” - JP Morgan, when asked what the stock market will do. Last week the market took a beating. It shouldn’t, however, change anything you are doing as a true investor. In fact, a great deal of noise in the short-term often obfusca...

Dear Dave, What’s the difference between a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Claudia Dear Claudia, Chapter 7 bankruptcy is what most people think about when they hear the word ‘bankruptcy.’ It’s total bankruptcy, almost like dropping a...

Do you remember when you were young and your parents and teachers taught you the importance of sharing? If you have your own kids now, you are probably teaching them to share as well. Sharing does make you a better person as it helps you to interact ...

A few random ramblings on the markets and the macro investing situation to start the week: Iraq The turmoil and chaos in Iraq is putting a bid under the energy markets. This of course is helping to escalate the price of crude oil and energy cost worl...