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Why Not 100-Year U.S. Treasury Bonds? Dec. 15, 2016
If President-elect Donald Trump's economic growth plan — slashing business and personal margin... Read More
Bond Funds Dec. 09, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: Last May, you told my husband not to invest $40,000 in the Class A shares of the Fra... Read More
BMO and Interest Rates Dec. 02, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: What do you think of the Bank of Montreal as an investment for a 55-year-old widow w... Read More
Should You Care About Rising Interest Rates? Aug. 05, 2015
Dear Carrie: It seems pretty clear that after many years of below-normal levels, interest rates are... Read More
What Will the Market Do When Interest Rates Go Up? Jul. 29, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: I just retired at age 67, and my certified public accountant, who is a friend, insis... Read More
Janet Yellen's Back-to-the-'50s Interest Rates May. 25, 2015
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen told us recently that the target for the federal funds rate ... Read More
Should Economic Policy Include a Senior Discount? Feb. 12, 2015
We've seen senior discounts for buses. We've seen senior discounts at movie theaters. We've seen sen... Read More
US Interest Rates and Foreign Markets Feb. 11, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: Now that the economy has recovered, when will certificate of deposit rates come back... Read More
Predatory Journalism Oct. 21, 2014
The New York Times is again on the warpath against what it calls "predatory lending." Just what is p... Read More
Inflation and Interest Rates Sep. 17, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: In early March 2012, I asked you about a maturing $30,000 certificate of deposit in ... Read More
TIPS and Interest Rates Jun. 18, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I have a $40,000 certificate of deposit coming due next month, and my wife wants to ... Read More
Mortgage in Retirement Jun. 15, 2014
Dear Mrs. Lank: My wife and I are in our 70s. We want to buy a small home just for the two of us, bu... Read More
The Price of Money Jun. 10, 2014
What makes interest rates move up and down? That's not a question for your Econ 101 final exam. It's... Read More
What the Debt Ceiling Really Means Jul. 11, 2011
The clock is slowly ticking toward Aug. 2, the date on which the U.S. faces "fiscal Armageddon&... Read More
