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Dear Mr. Berko: I had bad luck last year buying various high-yielding issues you and my two top brokers recommended. The brokers lost over 70% and did embarrassingly worse than you. According to my wife, who’s my business partner and ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: Half our investment club believes the market will crash this year and enter into a recession. We’re thinking of moving to 80% cash. Your thoughts, please. Another question: We all did well in our work years, and ...

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  Dear Mr. Berko: If you think it’s a good idea, we’d like to invest $25,000 each in three regional banks for our self-managed retirement account. During the last 14 years we earned an average annual return of 8.2%. I ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m close to retirement and my $400,000 IRA didn’t do well under my previous broker. Over the last 11 years, it’s averaged 7.23%. I asked him to be more aggressive, and it’s just not his style. So ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I know the Australian economy because, before my divorce, we lived there for 14 years. I made a good living and managed to save over $135,000 American. I was in the booming construction business, and in my ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: Is Vodafone, at $19.25, paying $1.70 and yielding 8.8%, a good buy? The stock is trading down from $30 last year. I like the income and can afford 1,000 shares. What about Endo International, a drug company ...

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  Dear Mr. Berko: Your buy, sell or hold thoughts on B&G Foods and why. Do directors of public corporations earn their pay? — N.L., Jonesboro, Arkansas Dear N.L.: Cream of Wheat is one of my favorite morning foods, and ...

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Dear Readers: The following are some frequently asked questions with some short answers. SOCIALISM VS. CAPITALISM in the United States: Many politicians are taking “Santa Claus” classes at night school, resulting in a growing molehill of congresspeople who are slowly ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: You certainly called Lyft correctly. Because it’s way down, is it a buy? Do you think Uber will profit by Lyft’s experience? If so, I might buy Uber to recover my losses on Lyft. — N.C., Oklahoma ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I know that Marriott International franchises most of its hotels, like the Courtyard or the Ritz-Carlton, to third parties. What is your opinion of Marriott, and do you know what it would cost me to buy a ...

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