June 2, 2019, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: Half our investment club believes the market will crash this year and enter into a recession. We’re thinking of moving to 80 percent cash. Your thoughts, please. Read story
June 1, 2019, 6:04am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: Please give our investment club your opinion on buying Western Alliance Bancorp. We may sell 350 shares of GM to buy it. Also, we’d like your thoughts on how the U.S. would serve its citizens better under a socialistic government. Read story
May 29, 2019, 6:05am Business
Saving for retirement can be a hard sell for young adults. It’s especially difficult for those coming out of college with large student loans. Or if they’re facing housing costs that take up 40 percent or more of take-home pay. Read story
May 28, 2019, 6:02am Business
On April 21, 1962, the Seattle World’s Fair opened. The “Century 21 Exhibition” ran for six months, drew 11 million visitors, turned a profit and left the Northwest with a wonderful Seattle Center. Read story
May 26, 2019, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I’ve invested off and on in about a dozen pot stocks and lost money each time. I’ve been looking at Aphria for three months and can’t make up my mind. What do you think? Read story
May 25, 2019, 6:02am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I had bad luck last year buying various high-yielding issues you and my two top brokers recommended. The brokers lost over 70 percent and did embarrassingly worse than you. According to my wife, who’s my business partner and bookkeeper, I had a net return of minus 3.6… Read story
May 24, 2019, 6:00am Business
Getting something for free in America can still end up costing you something. Read story
May 22, 2019, 6:05am Business
There was once an entrepreneur who got more than a million people to pay $3.95 for a “pedigreed” Pet Rock. Read story
May 21, 2019, 6:03am Business
There are dams that should come down and those that shouldn’t. Read story
May 20, 2019, 6:02am Business
The long knives are out again for one of American real estate’s oldest and most controversial traditions: requiring home sellers to pay the agents who represent the buyers of their properties. Read story
