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| The Mother's day gift that keeps on giving |
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| Graphic: Rorie Atkinson
Photo: Bryan Cummings |
Mother's Day is a time when we show our appreciation for our mothers with gifts such as flowers, art, dinner at a lovely resturant and perhaps a show afterwards.
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Why does it take so long to get rich? |
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
The journey towards wealth can be a long and winding road, full of pot holes, detours and road blocks.
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20/20 Vision on Preference Shares |
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Are you wondering what to add to your portfolio in order to achieve a diversified investment selection? Have you ever given any serious thought to preference shares? Do you fully understand what preference shares are? Have you ever considered investing in US preference shares? Lets' take a closer look at preference shares and see if this is the way to go in 2008.
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Gov't committed to tax reform programme, says Wehby |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has reiterated Government's commitment to undertaking a comprehensive tax reform programme for Jamaica.
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Digicel wins competitive bid for mobile license in Panama |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Digicel, the Caribbean's biggest mobile telephone network provider through its wholly owned subsidiary, Digicel (Panama) has announced that it has won a competitive bid process for a licence to operate a GSM mobile network in Panama.
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Life of Jamaica to take on Scotia Mint? |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Life of Jamaica, soon to be rebranded as Sagicor Life Jamaica, is the leader in all the major insurance benchmarks, except one - total assets.
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Inflation continues to climb as commodity prices skyrocket |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
The March quarter was characterised by high inflation and escalating food prices with oil passing the US$100 a barrel mark, all of which had a deleterious effect on the Jamaican economy. Speaking at the Bank of Jamaica's (BOJ) Quarterly Briefing held at Nethersole Place in Downtown Kingston, the Governor of the BOJ Derick Latibeaudiere said:
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Jamaica to bypass Guyana for rice |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Jamaica Flour Mills will import 30,000 tonnes of rice into the island to stave off a shortage in the supply on the local market. But Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investment Karl Samuda, who said that the imports will serve consumers for the next six months, has announced that the staple will not come from Jamaica's regular supplier, Guyana.
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Blue Cross shedding staff |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Blue Cross of Jamaica Limited performed a reundacy exercise in January this year to cut 30 employees from its payroll, bringing down the total number of staff to 229 - the lowest it has been in at least the last four years.
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CAREIF crashes |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Caribbean Real Estate Investment Fund (CAREIF), one of several alternative investment clubs on the blacklist of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has crashed, depriving several investors of millions of dollars.
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Bernal on his way to for Washington...again |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Ambassador Dr Richard Bernal is on his way back to Washington, this time to take up an executive position at the headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Let us free the financial market! |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Ever wanted to buy some rice or corn futures? Ever wanted to buy some shares in Google Inc or even invest in Latin America's leading economy, Brazil? If you are the average Jamaican investor, then your chances of doing so are basically nil.
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Corruption among public servants |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
In the news recently several matters have come to the public attention involving certain public officials. Bulbs, buses, oil and land have all become hot topics for public discussion involving corruption.
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Gov't gets funding for Air J divestment process |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
The government has received a grant of US$820,000 (J$59 million) from the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), to assist in the divestment process of the national airline, Air Jamaica.
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Jamaican export opportunities and Canada |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
In October 1985 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Canada made a commitment to establish an economic and trade development assistance programme for Commonwealth Caribbean countries and territories known as CARIBCAN. Beginning on June 15, 1986, duty-free access to the Canadian market was granted for most commodities originating in Commonwealth Caribbean countries.
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Getting the right returns from your communications plan |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Doctors diagnose medical problems; architects too have building designs from which they erect some magnificent structures, and auditors and accountants (God bless them all!) have structured work plans and procedures that they follow. Not to be outdone, the professional communicator has the communications plan.
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Investing in You |
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
What are you doing about your personal wealth creation? At the Scotia DBG Investments seminar held at the Terra Nova on Wednesday, Christopher Chin Loy, Assistant Vice President, Brokerage and Structural Products told the audience that the time to start planning is now.
"The earlier the discipline for Investing is introduced, the easier the transitions through your life cycle stages will be up to retirement." He advised, "There is no question that the key to developing real sustainable wealth is through prudent investing- in assets; in yourself; or in an enterprise/business." Chin Loy asked the audience to consider the following questions.
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Living the retirement revolution Pt. II |
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Retirement is one of the ten most stressful life events, psychologists say. It involves major change and uncertainties, often accompanied by financial concerns. A US financial firm that specialises in retirement products conducted an interesting exercise that helped to underline the major concerns of retirees and pre-retirees.
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The regulator |
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Wentworth Graham is very clear about his role as the island's first ever chief regulatory officer (CRO) at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). "At this point in time, it is necessary to separate the activities that relate to profitability and regulation in an effort to eliminate any perception of conflict of interest in JSE operations," he said.
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What is really behind our inflation rate? |
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Since the sharp pick up in inflation in the latter half of 2007, there has been a great deal of talk about the causes of the increases in the cost of living and much debate about the solution to the problem. Many commentators have pointed to the sharp rise in the price of oil and the steep increases in the price of food staples on the world market as the main factors behind the higher local inflation.
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