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HELP! Navigating Loans During COVID-19
If your salary, and/ or your spouse’s salary has been reduced or cut completely, how will you continue to service your loans while paying your bills, and putting food on the table? These are real concerns for many persons and can leave you nervous about having loans, thereby tempting you to pay out these loans and just be debt-free. However, in times of prolonged uncertainty, cash is king, and so the key is to preserve as much of it, for as long as you can.
JMMB Pension Expert Shares Pointers for Retiring Early
Jamaica’s pension coverage is significantly lower than its Caribbean neighbours, which boast between 50-60% of its labour force being covered by a pension scheme or retirement plan. Based on 2017 findings, approximately 16% of Jamaica’s labour force are covered by private retirement schemes and the government’s pension arrangements. This underscores the need for individuals to begin planning for their retirement, so as to avoid the pitfalls of having no preparations in place.
COVID-19 Financial Calamity or Bright Opportunity
How are you responding to the downturn in the financial markets since it ‘contracted’ COVID-19? Like Dane, your equity and bond portion of your portfolio may have lost tremendous value, since COVID-19 ‘infected’ the local and international financial markets. However, he is excited at the potential to grow his portfolio by leaps and bounds, through the opportunities created by COVID-19. He is looking to invest in ‘value stocks’ – i.e. companies that have been tried and proven, with a long-term timeframe, thereby buying these stocks at a lower price than their true value, which is in keeping with his long-term financial objectives. Here is advice that you too can consider applying:
Your Investment Mate: Stocks or Unit Trusts?
Do you want the satisfaction of seeing your money multiply? The stock market has been booming, in fact, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has been ranked as the best performing stock exchange in the world in 2018. Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have been issued in quick succession, with three (3) IPOs coming to market since the start of the year. Stocks have become the ‘money magnets’. However, should you purchase individual stocks or should you buy into a unit trust fund that is largely invested in several stocks?