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Health and College Costs

Dear Mr. Berko: I pay over $33,000 a year for health insurance for me, my wife and my four children. That’s more than we’ve spent on doctor bills and medicine

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Walking on Water

Dear Mr. Berko: I’ve got a bug in my ear telling me to invest in water utility stocks. My parents live in Flint, Michigan, and my brother recently moved to

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Oath Is a Failure Waiting to Happen

Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a financial adviser with lots of money under management, and I and two others in our office need your help. Here’s the problem, and then perhaps

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A Conservative High-Yield Portfolio

Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I have been reading your column for over 35 years, and we’ve made some good stock purchases from your recommendations. We have a $235,000 certificate of

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High-Yield Junk

Dear Mr. Berko: I’m told that junk bonds yield 12 to 18 percent or even higher. I’d like to invest about $60,000 in junk bonds if I could get at

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Investments Down Under and Way Up North

Dear Mr. Berko: We’re both 73, and like most Americans, we’re starving for yield but scared to reach. Our neighbor told us he just bought 150 shares of Westpac Banking

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What’s Up With General Electric?

Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 250 shares of General Electric at $27 over four years ago, and I’m tired of owning it. Please tell me what’s wrong. Its performance has

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Earthmoving Stock

Dear Mr. Berko: My 83-year-old dad can no longer manage his $565,000 stock and bond portfolio, so it has become my responsibility, which I’m glad to take. I am an

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ONE LINERS Palm Beach

► Ben Asen, former CEO of Lehman Brothers, opened a new office for Matrix Private Capital Group in West Palm Beach. ► CenterState Bank closed on the $2 million financing

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The ‘Artrepreneur’

Craig Robins plays key role in the Design District, Art Week By Alma Kadragic The first week of December is when the world comes to Miami to see the latest

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An Evening with Britto

Famed artist tells entrepreneurs to follow their passion TotalBank hosted an exclusive social event at Romero Britto’s gallery on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. While a guitarist played soft acoustic

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Put Your People First

By Stephen Garber You lead your organization. You have many stakeholders, people you serve, people you rely on. One question we love to ask is, “Who comes first?” A lot

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