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"My advice to the SAGE Commission"

The SAGE Commission in Bermuda has been formed “to identify activities that are central to the core mission of Government; to evaluate and analyse the operations of Government and its corporate bodies and agencies in line with international best prac...

Apr 30, 2013

Personal Finance

"After Cyprus, are bank deposits really safe here in Bermuda and abroad?"

After the financial debacle in Cyprus last month, some investors may be rethinking the idea of bank deposit safety. The decision to force Cypriot savers into a bailout came after the country’s largest banks became too highly leveraged and then compr...

Apr 27, 2013

Opinion Writer

S&P 500 returns 150% since March ’09

A few random comments on the markets and finance: Bull market Yes that’s right. We seem to be in a bull market. The S&P 500 has produced a total return of about 150 percent since the bottom in March of 2009. Don’t tell anyone though because most peo...

Mar 11, 2013

Personal Finance

"Insider trading on sterling was blatant"

It’s a sad situation when you can predict a news story by watching the market trade insider information, before it is announced. It is bad enough when the insider trading is in a marginal penny stock under the thrall of manipulators, because lots of...

Mar 02, 2013

Opinion Writer

"Is the Apple core rotten?"

Apple was taken to the cleaners on Thursday after it reported financial results on Wednesday night. One of the world’s most discussed stocks and a perennial Wall Street darling lost about $63.70 or almost $60 billion in market capitalisation. So what...

Jan 29, 2013

Personal Finance

"Cayman too far away? Just build your own"

Fifteen years ago, China was ecstatic to regain control of Hong Kong and all it represented: freshly minted billionaires, a culture in which corporate chieftains outshine movie stars, and splashy initial public offerings that rival New York and Londo...

Jan 19, 2013

Personal Finance

"2013 outlook: Where should you put your money amid ongoing sluggish growth?"

Over the fourth quarter of 2012, global capital markets saw heightened volatility but with minimal forward progress as securities prices reacted to news surrounding America’s “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Since last summer, the potentially lethal $60...

Jan 12, 2013

Opinion Writer

"In making a New Years resolution just do one small, simple thing"

Out with the Old and In with the New! This is the twelfth year of the New Year’s Day Resolution article. It is a timely topic but a challenge to make the trite relevant in these difficult times. This Old year looks back at times of many positive (a...

Dec 29, 2012

Opinion Writer

"Fatca: How comfortable are you with government having access to your personal financial information?"

Bermuda resident readers of the Moneywise column tell me that they like to read my articles (and I thank them for that) but they will inevitably point out that they aren’t too interested when I go off on United States tax tangents. Well, they have a...

Dec 08, 2012

Opinion Writer

"Greek bonds paying 16.75% per year: Risk or reward, you choose!"

Bank deposit interest rates are still so low, so tedious in their predictability, and so discouraging for the fierce saver, it would seem that investors would be flocking to invest in equity markets. The opposite, however, is still true. Investors a...

Nov 24, 2012

Personal Finance

"Stocks: Playing the US fiscal cliff"

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...

Nov 24, 2012

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"SAC hedge fund at centre of insider trading case"

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors is at the centre of the biggest insider case ever filed in a sweeping US crackdown on illicit hedge fund trading - one that focuses on the burgeoning exploitation of secret information on vol...

Nov 22, 2012

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"My advice to the SAGE Commission"

"After Cyprus, are bank deposits really safe here in Bermuda and abroad?"

S&P 500 returns 150% since March ’09

"Insider trading on sterling was blatant"

"Is the Apple core rotten?"

"Cayman too far away? Just build your own"

"2013 outlook: Where should you put your money amid ongoing sluggish growth?"

"In making a New Years resolution just do one small, simple thing"

"Fatca: How comfortable are you with government having access to your personal financial information?"

"Greek bonds paying 16.75% per year: Risk or reward, you choose!"

"Stocks: Playing the US fiscal cliff"

"SAC hedge fund at centre of insider trading case"

"Insider trading on sterling was blatant"

"2013 outlook: Where should you put your money amid ongoing sluggish growth?"

"In making a New Years resolution just do one small, simple thing"