By Martin Lenkowsky If the prestigious Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show can be called the “Super Bowl of boat shows,” perhaps South Florida’s entire marine industry can add baseball’s World Series and soccer’s World Cup to the title. “It’s an $11 billion industry, from Palm Beach down...
By Martin Lenkowsky Bahia Mar developer Jimmy Tate says the $7.5 million renovation project at the marina and resort property will be ready in time for this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Tate says the work is slated for completion by the middle of...
By Martin Lenkowsky If you’re looking to live an active marine lifestyle that literally begins at your doorstep, there’s a growing trend in the Fort Lauderdale housing market that might be for you. A spate of luxury “boutique” condominiums are being built on the water with...
Add to your Boat Show festivities by veering your vessel toward one of these dockside restaurants in Broward By Robin Pereira Shooters Waterfront About: Perhaps no area restaurant is more associated with the boating lifestyle than this Intracoastal Waterway mainstay for more than three decades. In addition...
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Dear Mr. Berko: Amazon.com recently agreed to sell Nike products. Amazon can sell Nike's merchandise for less than retail stores can, and according to my college professor, this is a first step toward taking over Nike. Amazon currently owns Whole Foods Market and Zappos. It's...
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm 83 and a conservative investor. My stockbroker of 21 years retired from his six-man firm, and my $166,000 individual retirement account isn't big enough for Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley. I'm sharp enough to manage my account. And I won't make...
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Dear Mr. Berko: In January 2010, you advised me to invest $10,000 in Boeing. I bought 157 shares at $63. Thanks to you, I've quadrupled my money, and the $5.68 dividend, which has increased every year, is a 9 percent yield on my cost. Thank...
Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I are engineers, and we're in our late 40s. In June 2015, you recommended a group of single-country exchange-traded funds, and we bought 800 shares of the iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF at $15. It's now about $31, and...
Why there's a case for GM as a value gem -- and a growth story. General Motors's (NYSE:GM) stock is trading at just 6.3 times GM's expected 2017 earnings. That's well below the roughly 10 times earnings that we'd expect for a healthy automaker. And thanks to that...
Push your tax-favored savings to the limit with these tips. Many investors struggle to find any money to save toward retirement, but a few fortunate investors have more favorable financial situations that allow them to save as much as they can. For them, taking full advantage...
