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Making a list, checking it twice … Oh wait, it’s not the holiday season quite yet? You may still be enjoying time at the pool, but if you haven’t started yet, now is the best time to start budgeting for Christmas. When you make a Christmas budget ah...

Dear Dave, A friend recently mentioned something called impact investing to me. What exactly is this? How do impact investment funds perform, and what do you think about them? – Carson Dear Carson, Impact investing generally aims to benefit soci...

Part six: continuing Bermuda Insurance Monthly Series – last Saturday of each month The business of risk management and insurance encompasses millions of decisions, strategies, analyses, probability outcomes, the entire range of geography, all c...

Dear Dave, My fiancee and I want to make an offer on a house. She has a lot of late payments and a bad credit record, though, but she is working hard to manage her money better and get out of debt. I don’t make enough money to get a home loan by myse...

We’ve reached a halfway point in the year, and if you’re also in the middle of your debt-free journey, your motivation may be in a slump. The excitement of starting your debt-free journey may have worn off, and now you’re in the daily grind of payin...

Banks, insurance companies and other financial sector stocks have been big winners this year. Rebounding sharply after last year’s wipe out, the sprawling industry has advanced by 19.39 per cent year-to-date. The sector’s return has exceeded the broa...

Have you ever started out the weekend with exciting plans only to have them come to a screeching halt? I have! That's what happens when you have three little kids. The same is true of our money goals: sometimes they get derailed. But just because ou...

Scammers are pure evil and absolutely brilliant, a devastating combination. They can mimic any person, service, website, phone caller, regional accent, technical support anywhere, any time. They target the elderly and other deemed technically illiter...

Dear Dave, My wife and I are in our late 20s, and we’re on Baby Step 6. Recently, my mom reached out to me for help. She has a car lease that ends next month, and she asked to borrow $2,000 so she can pay it off. It’s a weird situation, because my pa...

Dear Dave, My husband and I are both teachers, and we’re on Baby Step 7. We’re struggling with things where our wills are concerned. Three of our four adult children aren’t being wise with their money, and my husband and I disagree on how to talk to ...

Dear Dave, I’m 22, and I just recently graduated from college. I’m lucky enough to be walking into a job making $60,000 a year with a company I interned with during school, and I’ll be living with parents for the next few months. I have about $50,000...

Since the beginning of Trump’s presidency in 2017, trade war news dominated media headlines and rocked global financial markets. Then in 2020, an unexpected pandemic overturned the world both socially and economically. From early last year, trade iss...