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The First Citizens Young Men’s Development Programme… Changing Lives – Individually and Collectively!
On January 19th, 2023 ten young men (aged 20 to 23 years old) marked their successful completion of the Young Men’s Development Programme (YMDP), a comprehensive intervention designed by First…
Year in Review and Outlook for 2023
The upward momentum that characterized the financial market in 2021 was not evident in 2022 as markets were very volatile and turbulent, as the world economy faced unprecedented challenges including…
2023 Outlook for Big Tech
‘Big Tech’ refers to the most dominant companies in the Information Technology industry and include the likes of Facebook (aka Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google (aka Alphabet). They are…
Tourism in the Caribbean
The Caribbean has a very diverse culture as a result of the region’s rich history. Countries are home to many historical man-made attractions such as forts and colonial era structures,…
Understanding Corporate Credit Spreads
Let us examine one useful indicator of investor sentiment and the economic climate – Credit Spreads. A credit spread, not to get confused with an options strategy, is the difference…
A Look Back at 2022
A Year Mired by Uncertainty At the start of 2022, the raging spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 began to dampen economic sentiment as many countries were forced to…