The company has a limited-time hit, but it may also have found a new audience. Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), with the success of its Unicorn Frappuccino, has become one of a handful of companies that have managed to master the art of capturing public attention. Call it car-crash public...
Did you know Berkshire Hathaway's dividend stocks are generating nearly $1 billion per quarter? Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B), in addition to its dozens of businesses, also owns a portfolio of 47 different common stocks, many of which were hand-selected by Buffett himself. And many of these stocks...
You may get big financial and mental benefits if you wait a little longer to retire. Are you counting the days until you can say goodbye to your job forever and start enjoying your golden years? While only about half of all Americans say they're looking...
Apple has a huge pile of cash -- and it can't spend all of it on growing the company. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) ended 2016 with $246.1 billion in cash and investments on its balance sheet. However, most of that cash is held overseas, so if Apple wanted to bring...
The odds are stacked in the Mac maker's favor. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is very rarely a first mover, and CEO Tim Cook often points out that the company's goal is never to be the first at something -- it just wants to be the best. The iPod wasn't the...
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker and friend for the past 41 years just advised me to sell my 20 shares of Alphabet Inc., which I bought in 2010 at $233 a share. He thinks Alphabet has finally topped out and insists that I sell my...
Dear Mr. Berko: Last summer, I chose between buying 600 shares of AT&T at $38 and buying 500 shares of Verizon at $54. I bought Verizon, and it's been straight down since, though the dividend was raised by 6 cents. Tell me why Verizon has...
Berkshire Hathaway has a portfolio full of dividend stocks, but it doesn't pay a dime to its shareholders. Warren Buffett loves getting dividends from the stocks he invests in, and he has invested a considerable amount of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B) capital in dividend-paying stocks, particularly in those that consistently...
Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I have two questions. One concerns health savings accounts, and the other concerns Social Security. First, could you please explain the basics of an HSA and how someone qualifies? Next, my wife says our Social Security taxes have increased,...
A scandal can ruin a company, but in many cases, it fades with time. It's never good when, in the midst of a public-relations disaster, your CEO has to issue a second apology because his first one was not good enough. That's what happened to United Continental...
