Markets and Investing

Money can be a top source of stress for many people. Financial stress and insecurity often have a way of impacting self-confidence and taking a toll on mental health according to Jeff Sobieralski, director of financial wellness and wellbeing at...

United Way Northwest Indiana (NWI) hosted a gathering of partners and donors to launch its 2023-2025 strategic plan. The plan was created using a combination of community feedback and data to address the most urgent needs of Northwest Indiana. The...

As one of the largest assets you could ever own, making sure your home is well-maintained should always be a top priority. However, any home-improvement project is a major investment, both in time and money. With inflation dominating the markets and...

As a property management company, 1st American Management Company, Inc. AMO ® takes pride in its team of financial experts from its certified public accountant (CPA) to its accounting department. Having a stellar CPA, Chief Financial Officer (CFO),...

As we start moving towards those expensive holiday months, it’s important to start finding ways to save our pennies.  Don’t lock yourself in the house just yet. We have some creative and fun ways you and your family can get out and enjoy the...

Summer is winding down. I can feel it in the air and see it in the daylight shadows. In many ways, this summer has been the nicest I’ve had in years. The weather in the upper Midwest was nearly perfect, my college kids were both working jobs that...

The Biden Administration recently announcedthat the federal government will cancel up to $20,000 of federal student loans per person. Millions of Americans will be recipients of the student loan debt relief; unfortunately, this creates an...

For Horizon Bank, educating high school students across Northwest Indiana about finances and banking is an important part of their mission. In an effort to get more involved with financial literacy and educating the region’s youth about banking,...

Eighteen organizations will receive grants from NIPSCO to help fund their  safety education and training projects throughout Northern Indiana. This year, NIPSCO has  granted a total of $68,000. Over the past five years since this grant...

One of my favorite Warren Buffet quotes is, “the light on Wall Street can at any time go from green to red without pausing at yellow.” With this in mind, I always enjoy hearing the end of day “market minute” reports on any given media outlet...