Weekly Market Update – June 17, 2019

  Last Week U.S. Inflation Data Disappoints – Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) data dropped to 1.8% year-over-year in May while core levels ticked down to 2%. Global Political Tensions Challenge Investors – Financial markets sorted through a number of […]

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Happy Father’s Day

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Weekend Reading: Family Business Transitions – Rising to the Challenge

Family business transitions are often difficult, but there are steps families can take to help increase the chances of success   Only 12% of family businesses survive to the third generation. Developing a plan and process to prepare the next […]

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2019 SGForum Empower presented by The City of Springfield

2019 SGForum Empower   Our young professionals attended the inaugural SGF Forum last Friday! Springfield leaders gathered for lunch, and learned about emotional intelligence, loving our city, improv in business and critical conversations. Special guest, Peter Kageyama, taught attendees how […]

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Richard Russell featured in Springfield Business Journal

It’s estimated that for every 44 cases of senior financial abuse, only one is reported to authorities   Read more about financial exploitation and how to properly manage your loved ones’ finances

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Smart Consumer Series: How College Grads Can Boost Their Credit – and Why They Should

Your credit profile affects your ability to get a job, apartment, car loan, and even insurance   Congratulations to all of the recent college graduates! You did it!  Now’s the time to follow that smart move with another and take […]

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Weekend Reading: EU Fiscal Policy, Brexit and Tariffs

The EU’s political landscape is undergoing a shift   The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union borne after World War II of a desire for harmony in a scarred and divided European continent. The original concept was […]

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Congratulations to Director Donald Babb!

Donald Babb, 78, is scheduled to retire in January 2020   The first and only CEO of Bolivar’s Citizens Memorial Hospital system has announced his retirement. Babb has more than 50 years of experience in health care, and he’s worked […]

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Smart Consumer Series: Don’t Fall for These Money Tricks!

Watch out for solicitations from companies that want to charge you for financial tasks you can do free of charge   Sometimes you happily pay someone else to do a financial chore you could do yourself, like preparing your taxes […]

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Weekly Market Update – June 3, 2019

  Last Week U.S. Threatens Mexico with New Tariffs.  The U.S. threatened to implement escalating tariffs starting at 5% on all Mexican exports unless Mexico reached a solution to reduce migration flows towards U.S. borders U.S. Inflation Falls Short of […]

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