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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...

Dear Dave, What is the right age to begin giving children an allowance? — Ben Dear Ben, In my mind, there’s never a right time to give kids an allowance. Instead, work out a plan to pay them commissions, and assign them age-appropriate weekly ch...

Money market mutual funds’ interest rates of return will continue to climb – based upon aggressive interest rate increases by the United States Federal Reserve and concomitantly by other global central banks. The strategy is a continuing effort to c...

Dear Dave, My wife and I just bought a new home, and we only need one or two more things to furnish the living room. Over the weekend, we found a couch and love seat set we both like for $3,000. The owner of the store said he would take 15 per cent o...

In 2022, are you more or less happy than you were 15 years ago? Gallup, the world-renowned leader in statistical analyses of polls on public opinion, knows the answer about how everyone feels – compiled directly from its 2021 data in the 2022 Gallup ...

Your interview was an enormous success. The hiring manager thought you were intelligent and funny, plus your skills and experience checked every box – and then some. All there is to do now is sit back, relax and wait for the job offer, right? Wrong....

In Part 1, we covered building generational wealth and how race plays a part in Bermuda’s wealth gap. Now, we’re back to talk about how to grow generational wealth from scratch and how to stay on track for financial success It is estimated that ...

Spend less, consume less, save more is sound advice in normal times. Today’s troubled times need a new message