Dear Mr. Berko: We have a $100,000 certificate of deposit, yielding 1.5 percent, coming due this month. Rather than roll it over into another CD, my wife and I decided to ask you to recommend 10 stocks (we will invest $10,000 in each stock) that...
By Darcie Lunsford Less is more for Coco Chanel and her legion of followers, but when it comes to absorption of office and industrial real estate, significantly less can be a sign of something unfashionable happening in the commercial real estate market. Generally, South Floridaโs office and...
By Chris Fleck As one of the countryโs top tourist- and business-travel destinations, itโs no secret that many national conferences are held in South Florida. One homegrown conference in Fort Lauderdale has become one of the countryโs largest startup and venture capital events. SUP-X: The StartUp...
Dear Mr. Berko: I need your opinion on NextEra. I bought 250 shares of FPL Group in 2006 at $55, and that company has since changed its name to NextEra Energy. I need to know whether I should sell these shares and take a profit....
Bob Roscioliโs work as a master painter evolves into one of the regionโs most prominent yachting businesses Bob Roscioli started his career in the marine industry in 1962. Within a yearโs time, he began to develop the painting technique that would culminate in his world-renowned marine companies,...
For $130 million you can buy a pretty sweet mega yacht, but for the same price London-based Informa is getting the producer of the world's largest boat showโplus four more. London-based Informa, which has exhibition, event, business intelligence and academic publishing arms, is buying Yachting Promotions,...
With stock prices at all-time highs and growing unease filtering out of the nationโs capital, investors will want to have cash on hand to take advantage of any opportunities that may emerge. Enter Ray Dalio One such investor is Ray Dalio, the chairman and CEO of Bridgewater...
Dear Mr. Berko: We wanted to buy 200 shares of MGE Energy, but our new stockbroker recommended that we buy 200 shares of Dominion Energy instead. Please give us your opinion. He also recommended that we invest $30,000 in U.S. government I bonds. Please give...
A few months back, I was contacted by April Klimley, a financial writer who had relocated from New York City to Delray Beach. With a background of working for major banks in New York and writing for an array of financial publications, she was rapidly scoping...
By Arnie Rosenberg Zohar Pinhasi has no doubt that hackersโwhoever they areโdictated the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Theyโre that good. But, heโs quick to add, so is he. โIf itโs a computer, you can manipulate it,โ says Pinhasi, CEO and founder of Miami-based MonsterCloud. โWe bought...
