July 11, 2017, 6:02am Business
Donald Trump’s address in Warsaw on Thursday was his best as president. His prepared remarks carried the right tone and hit the mark. It was a message the Polish people were waiting to hear from America. Read story
July 10, 2017, 6:01am Business
You’ve almost certainly seen or heard pitches for “credit repair” services promising to clean up your credit problems, reduce debt or even raise your credit scores by 100 points or more. Read story
July 9, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: A little over three years ago, when I was 67 and ready to retire (my wife had retired a year earlier), I wrote to you about my 401(k), my wife’s 401(k) and our individual retirement accounts, which totaled $536,000. You told us to get out of both… Read story
July 8, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker wants me to sell my 100 shares of IBM — which I bought in 2012 at $201 a share, meaning I now have a big loss. He wants me to buy 300 shares of Alkermes, which he thinks will double in a year because several… Read story
July 5, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
When it comes to tax-advantaged investment funds, the rules about withdrawing the money can leave people confused. Read story
July 4, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
In the last half-century, Americans yearned for energy independence. We were tired of being held captive by foreign governments, some of which continue to be hostile toward the United States and our way of life. Read story
July 3, 2017, 6:00am Business
Do we really need another Zillow Zestimate-style online gizmo to tell us what a computer model says our homes are worth? Probably not. There already are scads of real estate and mortgage websites that offer some type of automated home valuation feature, such as Redfin, Realtor.com, Chase Mortgage, RE/MAX, Homes.com,… Read story
July 2, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: Amazon.com is getting bigger and bigger, and it is using its huge cash position to buy everything that looks as if it can make money. The purchase of Whole Foods Market and other potential food merchants could really hurt the grocery business because Amazon can sell at… Read story
July 1, 2017, 6:05am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I have $7,000, and we’d like to take a real gamble and buy three or four stocks that sell for less than $10 a share. If we lose, we lose; we won’t be bitter about it. But we think it would be exciting to… Read story
June 28, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
As the Legislature slid into its third special session June 21, some critics complained about lawmakers not being able to do their job in the 105 days the state constitution gives them, suggesting they get their act together like their predecessors of the “good old days.” Read story
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