fbpx
Living Long and Getting Paid

Dear Mr. Berko: Could you please explain a qualified longevity annuity contract to me? A 65-year-old friend may invest $90,000 in a QLAC with MetLife. He says that when he’s

Read More
Labor Force and Diamonds

Dear Mr. Berko: Recently, I’ve been hearing the term “labor force participation rate” on most of the news shows. Could you please explain what this term means in simple-to-understand English?

Read More
Flow: The Ultimate State of Creativity and Innovation

As I write this, summer is almost over – at least in Florida for those of us with kids. The calendar says “dog days of August,” the thermometer says “hot,”

Read More
An Orwellian Executive Order

Dear Mr. Berko: Is there a group called the Plunge Protection Team that is part of the Federal Reserve and is supposed to prevent stock crashes and allow the administration

Read More
Hold Hilton?

Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 1,000 shares of Hilton Worldwide at $29 in March 2015, and the stock’s performance has been a bummer. How will the increasing minimum wage in

Read More
Ford and GM

Dear Mr. Berko: Last November, you told me not to buy General Motors or Ford stock. Well, my stockbroker — whose father, after 31 years, still works for GM —

Read More
Hotwire Communications bringing HQ, 375 jobs to Fort Lauderdale

South Florida scored a major economic coup Thursday with the announcement that Hotwire Communications will relocate its headquarters from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale and bring 375 jobs to Fort Lauderdale.

Read More
Michael Karp
back to school

Don Cook plays a key role in Broward College’s evolution Photography by Downtown Photo Don Cook is bringing a healthy dose of private-sector experience to Broward College’s focus on entrepreneurship

Read More
A Sleeper Investment

Dear Mr. Berko: What is your opinion of ADP LLC? The stock seems stuck at the same price it was a year ago. I’m 52. My portfolio is about 80

Read More
Toxic or Tonic

What do you bring to your team? Toxic. It’s a really powerful word. One dictionary’s definition is “relating to or caused by poison; very bad, unpleasant or harmful …” I

Read More
A Better Life

For decades, waves of Latin American immigrants have hoped to find success in the United States – and many of them have done just that Contrary to what many of

Read More
Forget Lucy … We Love Desi

Long before there was Pitbull, there was the original “Mr. 305.” Desi Arnaz is Miami’s most famous Cuban entertainer of the 20th century, best known for his portrayal of Ricky

Read More