Markets and Investing

Three Things to Know Twenty-three sets of brothers died when the USS Arizona was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (Source: History.com)In recent years, online retailing was taking about a 1% share annually from...

While the joy of the Christmas season can be seen on the faces of children opening gifts and the welcoming lights and decorations on people’s lawns, the stress can be seen on the hefty price tags and seemingly endless receipts. Fortunately, the...

THREE THINGS TO KNOW The 30-year Treasury bond had a total return in October of -4.25% as the yield increased 19 bps, from 1.45% to 1.64%, demonstrating that the current low yields heighten the risk of fixed income instruments with small yield...

A collaboration among Legacy Foundation, Crown Point Community Foundation, Unity Foundation of La Porte County, Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center and the Center of Workforce Innovations, NWI BizHub provides Northwest Indiana...

I'm an aficionado of well-delivered one-liners, and I am known to instinctively regurgitate one-liners in a variety of situations, which sometimes leaves my co-workers, or wife, wondering what the heck I’m talking about. While movies are of course...

Every day, thousands of people fall victim to fraudulent emails, texts, and calls from scammers pretending to be their bank. And in this time of expanded use of online banking, the problem is only growing worse. Because this is so important, Horizon...

The numbers are astounding. Victims of phishing scams can lose hundreds, even thousands of dollars. The FTC estimates that consumers lost $1.9 billion to phishing schemes in 2019 and the pandemic has only increased the threat. It’s time to put...

Each of us has an inherent personal money culture determining much of the way we think and manage our personal finances. In my experience, how we spend, save, invest and even earn money is determined in an often loosely perceived set of unique...

Because October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are encouraging our customers to remember four important words when it comes to inquiries on their financial accounts: Banks Never Ask That. Every day, thousands of people fall for...

In addition to the usual financial risks we have such as inflation risk, market risk, and economic risk; there is another risk to confront in retirement: longevity risk, which is the risk of outliving your retirement assets. When planning for...