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Get Your Finances in Order With These 7 Apps
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Is donating your car the best idea? Do good by donating your old car to charity. That’s what the charities tell you. But the reality is that you might do better selling your car to a used car dealer or...
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4 Tips for a Strong Financial Year Ahead
A new year brings new opportunities to evaluate your financial habits and create goals for the coming year. Ensure you’re beginning 2016 on the right financial foot with these tips: 1. Make smart...
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The Surprising Way You’re Hurting Your Kid’s GPA
If you want your children to do well in college, the answer may lie not in what you give them — but in what you withhold. A recent study found that as parental financial support increases, students’...
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Mesirow Financial’s New Strategy: Make Money While You Change the World
Steven Mesirow Steven Mesirow, grandson of Norman Mesirow, founder of the eponymous Chicago-based financial firm, is honoring the values he inherited from his grandfather in an innovative way. Mesirow...
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Why Organic Farming is a Top Choice for Socially Conscious Investors
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Considering Online Crowdfunding? Read This First
Over the past few years, fundraising websites have leapt en masse to the forefront of the donating world. Although early iterations such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter, originally created to support...
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Smart Money Guide: How to Plan Your Financial Future
When it comes to managing, investing and budgeting money, a little bit of planning and some advice from financial experts can go a long way. Take a look at our Smart Finances Guide below for tips and...
View ArticleCan You Afford to Get Divorced?
When you make the painful decision to file for divorce, you know there will be some expenses, namely legal fees. But, the end of a marriage can trigger all sorts of costs, many of which soon-to-be-ex...
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The Northbrook Chamber of Commerce awarded the 2016 Corporate Citizen of the Year Award to First Bank of Highland Park. For 60 years, First Bank of Highland Park, locally-owned and operated, has stood...
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Should You Join One of Chicago’s Most Sought-After Members-Only Clubs?
Thinking of joining one of Chicago’s many exclusive members-only clubs? Whether for business or pleasure, most offer a plethora of benefits. For help deciding which elite club is right for you, we’ve...
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You make a decent living, have a nice house and don’t have any debt. But yet, you still haven’t achieved the true financial freedom that comes with ample retirement savings, capital to support the...
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You can certainly make an impact in the world by donating money and time to nonprofits and investing in companies that share your values. But, if you want to exponentially multiply your impact, you...
View Article7 Tips for Success in Business and Life From Chicago’s Most Successful Banker
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View ArticleVideo: So You Think You Know the Stock Market?
Research has shown that 75 percent of women want to know more about money and investing, but aren’t talking about it. Fidelity’s 2015 Money Fit Study found that eight in 10 women confess they have...
View ArticleHow to Be Sure You’re Saving Enough for Retirement
While 98 percent of wealthy Chicago women say they are confident they will reach their financial goals, 67 percent of them lose sleep over money worries, according to a recent survey by Charles Schwab....
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