Photos by Noel Thompson
LEFT: Robert Oakley (left), retired United States businessman and a client of First Global Financial Services (FGFS), converses with Courtney Wilson (second right), assistant vice president with First Global Bank (western region) and Radcliffe Daley (right), vice-president of retail banking, at FGFS' second annual Dollars and Sense seminar. Looking on are Joyce Mirjah (second left), and husband, Dennis, also FGFS customers.
RIGHT: Dionne Hill (centre), manager at Dee's Appliance World, in Montego Bay, listens keenly as Gail Sommerville-Abrahams (right), senior marketing manager at First Global Financial Services (FGFS) and colleague, Jason Dear, equity trading manager at FGFS, discuss financial matters. This followed the end in FGFS and First Global Bank's second annual Dollars and Sense financial seminars across the island, the last of which was held at The Wexford Hotel in Montego Bay, on March 26.
Noel Thompson, Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU
The top brass of First Global Financial Services, and sister company, First Global Bank, hosted an intimate mingling with several of their customers, as they climaxed their countrywide financial seminars at the Wexford Hotel in Montego Bay, recently.
Executives of the GraceKennedy-owned entities shared valuable financial information with clients, and gave the best advice on the most prudent options about where and how to invest money at a time when the global financial sectors are on shaky ground.
"Our primary intention travelling across the country was to enlighten persons on some basic opportunities that exist for everyone," said Jason Dear, equity trading manager with First Global Financial Services. "People tend to dwell on the negative happenings around us, such as the sliding of the dollar and job losses."
He said it was equally important to familiarise oneself with at least 10 of the secrets to creating wealth, which encompass principles that anyone can utilise to become wealthy, once applied properly.
Good and bad debt
The first step, he said was not to think negatively about money, understanding the difference between good and bad debt, assets and liabilities, as well as knowing what to invest in to reap maximum returns. "Look at opportunities. Most problems have a solution and can be turned into a business idea," he said.
First Global commenced its Dollars and Sense second annual money management seminars under the theme '10 Secrets to Wealth Creation that They are Not Telling You', in Kingston last Monday and Tuesday, before moving on to Mandeville and Montego Bay.