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Dear Mr. Berko: We bought 200 shares of Becton Dickinson in 2008 at $63. My wife wants me to sell Becton and buy Apple. Please give me your opinion. — C.F., Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Dear C.F.: If your wife ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a 41-year-old happily married woman with two boys. Before my dad passed away in late 2008, he invested $60,000 and bought 2,300 shares of AT&T at $26 a share for me. He told me to keep ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker had me buy 200 shares of Apple last November at $221. His firm has a bullish report that says Apple will turn back to my purchase price in the coming six months, and he wants ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m looking for higher yields, and my stockbroker is recommending that I buy 500 shares of CenturyLink. It pays a wonderful $2.16 dividend that yields about 17 percent. Sometimes the dividend exceeds the company’s net income. For ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’d like to speculate with about $30,000 and buy six or seven stocks selling for less than $10. Could you recommend some cheap issues that have a chance of doubling in price over the next few years? ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 500 shares of AT&T at $32 in 2012, and I’m losing money. I should have sold the stock in 2016 when it hit $44, but my stockbroker talked me out of it. Now I want ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I just sold 100 shares of Procter & Gamble, which I bought at $91 in 2017. They’re still $91 each. I’d like to buy 200 shares of Delta Air Lines because my UBS stockbroker recommends it. — ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m interested in buying stock in Bristol-Myers Squibb because I’m told the company has a weight loss drug that will soon be on the American market. I know there are many weight loss drugs that promise the ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker thinks that the recent viral confrontation between a McDonald’s customer and a McDonald’s employee will be used as an excuse to cause large strikes at units all over the country, in which employees will demand ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I can’t make up my mind whether to buy 500 shares of CVS or 500 shares of Walgreens. — PW, Wilmington, N.C. Dear PW: CVS, which stands for Consumer Value Stores, began life in 1963 as a ...

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