Rising inflation has been headline news over the past several months. While reasonable minds may debate the causes of the recent uptick in prices or whether this is “transitory” or longer lasting, one positive outcome has been an increase in the amounts that may be gifted to family members and friends without gift or estate […]
If you care about the environment, chances are you’re bombarded by urgent pleas for money from political and environmental organizations. Donations aren’t the only way you can make a difference with your dollars, however. Here are six no-cost ways you can support the causes that matter to you by making more informed choices about what […]
If you care about the environment, chances are you’re bombarded by urgent pleas for money from political and environmental organizations. Donations aren’t the only way you can make a difference with your dollars, however. Here are six no-cost ways you can support the causes that matter to you by making more informed choices about what […]
Kirkland and Ellis estate attorney David Handler knows that high-net-worth parents sometimes worry that their estate could be a “disabler” to the next generation. “They’ll have all this money, they’ll do nothing,” the parents fret. Handler reminds clients that parents pass on values as well as assets. “Convey those values to your kids while you’re […]
The phrase “family business” may conjure visions of mom and pop working behind the counter at a small retail store…but family business is big business. About 35% of Fortune 500 companies are family-operated, and there are over 5.5 million family-run businesses in the United States, contributing to well over 50% of the GDP. Some of […]
Your mortgage is likely the biggest debt you’ll take on in your lifetime. But interest rates have been at historic lows, dipping below 3 percent in 2021 and edging upwards since, which solidifies a home loan as one of the least expensive ways to borrow money. So, you may be curious: Is it worth paying […]
A year into the pandemic, Roz Brewer saw people wary of vaccinations and Black and brown citizens dying at disproportionate rates. “It’s hard to sit there and watch that happen when you’ve got a background in retail, execution and operations,” Brewer told members of the Economic Club of Chicago during a virtual Q&A on Feb. […]
Rohini Dey, longtime chef/owner of the Indian-Latin fusion Vermilion restaurant in Chicago’s bustling River North neighborhood, understood the power dynamic in the restaurant industry. It had always been about who you knew, which restaurant was hot, which celebrity chef was trending — and which major restaurant groups and players had the economic power to dictate all […]
As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. Have a submission? Contact us here. Heading into the third year of what may seem like the never-ending COVID pandemic and ongoing “Great Resignation,” organizations and entrepreneurs need to focus more than ever on communicating the value of their […]
Women as a group face many financial challenges. We earn less on average during our careers compared to men, and we compound that shortcoming by investing less. One in five divorced women lives in poverty. All of these shortfalls send us into retirement with significantly smaller nest eggs than men have — yet we live […]
