March 10, 2019, 6:05am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker had me buy 200 shares of Apple in November at $221. His firm has a bullish report that says Apple will turn back to my purchase price in the coming six months, and he wants me to buy 200 more shares. I’d appreciate your thoughts. Read story
March 9, 2019, 6:02am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I’d like to speculate with about $30,000 and buy six or seven stocks selling for less than $10. Could you recommend some cheap issues that have a chance of doubling in price over the next few years? I won’t blame you if they crash. Read story
March 8, 2019, 6:05am Business
Some taxpayers are feeling a little battle weary after filing their 2018 returns. Read story
March 6, 2019, 6:02am Business
We finally found out why Michael Cohen used a home-equity line of credit to pay hush money to a porn star with whom President Trump allegedly had an affair. During Cohen’s testimony last week before the House Oversight Committee, the former personal attorney for Trump explained how he went so… Read story
March 5, 2019, 6:02am Business
November’s Camp Wildfire was California’s deadliest, killing 86 people and destroying 14,000 homes along with more than 500 businesses. The financial fallout is forcing PG&E, Northern California’s electric utility, to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It is a catastrophe we all hope to avoid. Read story
March 4, 2019, 6:05am Business
It’s a real estate and social barometer that doesn’t get a lot of publicity, but it’s important: More Americans are paying their mortgages on time today than they have in nearly two decades — maybe even longer. Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:05am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 500 shares of AT&T at $32 in 2012, and I’m losing money. I should have sold the stock in 2016 when it hit $44, but my stockbroker talked me out of it. Now I want to sell it and buy 100 shares of Apple, which… Read story
March 2, 2019, 6:02am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I’m looking for higher yields, and my stockbroker is recommending that I buy 500 shares of CenturyLink. It pays a wonderful $2.16 dividend that yields about 17 percent. Sometimes the dividend exceeds the company’s net income. For example, last year, CenturyLink earned only $1.10 a share but… Read story
March 1, 2019, 6:02am Business
What your children don’t know about money will cost them — dearly. Read story
February 27, 2019, 6:05am Business
Americans save so little money that there is now an annual, weeklong campaign to encourage people to put cash aside for life’s financial emergencies. Read story
