July 12, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Dear Mr. Berko: In May, Congress stopped the National Security Agency from collecting and storing our personal and business calls on their servers. Our broker says the National Security Agency will require American Telephone to maintain all this information on its own equipment at a huge cost — hundreds of… Read story
July 11, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Dear Mr. Berko: In the summer of 2008, when the stock market was tanking, I had $1,500 to risk and bought 50 shares of Actavis PLC at $21. Now my husband is pressuring me hard to sell. He wants me to invest the money in another issue with the same… Read story
July 10, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
As a parent, I'm constantly talking to my children about what's fair, especially when it comes to what my husband and I spend on them. Read story
July 8, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
It's summer vacation time, and that typically means a lot of credit charges. Read story
July 6, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
It's one of the most common lies that homebuyers tell mortgage lenders, and it may be on the upswing: In order to get a lower interest rate and down payment, applicants say they plan to occupy the house as a principal residence when in fact they have no such intention. Read story
July 5, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Dear Mr. Berko: Do you have any idea when the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates? Read story
July 4, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Dear Mr. Berko: I am 66 and have a doctorate, so supposedly I'm a smart guy, even though a financial planner took my wife and me to the cleaners two years ago. One of my colleagues invested a large amount of U.S. dollars in Iraqi currency, insisting he will collect… Read story
July 1, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Whenever I'm able, I like to answer reader questions about their individual situations. Read story
June 29, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
When Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen was asked about housing issues last week, she gave a classic economist's "on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand" answer. But because she neatly summed up the disparate economic realities confronting millions of owners, sellers, renters and would-be buyers around the country, it's worth taking a closer look. Read story
June 28, 2015, 12:00am Columnists
Dear readers: Dozens of readers have asked about the Hostess bankruptcy and what I think the effects of automation (robots) will be on the future job market for their kids. Read story
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