If you're like me, you were taught that if you just work hard and save, everything will be ok.  But after years of doing that, I realized that isn't enough in today's Caribbean economies.  Salaries have not kept pace with inflation, leaving Caribbean people of our generation highly stressed over money.

After I started investing in Jamaica’s stock market in 2017, I realized that the equation we were taught was incomplete! Work hard + save DOES NOT equal wealth! You have to multiply earnings and savings by ownership!  And what better place to invest and own, than our beautiful islands and territories?

As a financial journalist with over 20 years covering Caribbean markets, I’ve seen Jamaica go from one of the most highly indebted countries in the world, to the country with the best performing stock market in the world twice in the past ten years!  I’ve also witnessed the transformation of Guyana into one of the world’s top oil producers.  

Investing in our home countries isn’t just about philanthropy.  There are real opportunities to build wealth in the emerging economies of the Caribbean!