Jalene Hahn: Want a productive and profitable 2025? Set priorities.
If you haven’t already adjusted spending for inflation, now might be a good time to review expenses and identify which are no longer a priority.
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The 10 most-downloaded IBJ Podcast episodes of 2024
At the top of the list is host Mason King’s interview with Chick McGee, who has been a fixture on Indianapolis radio for 38 years as a cast member of “The Bob & Tom Show.”
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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on the best places to stash your cash
IBJ personal finance columnist Peter Dunn details the options for keeping cash close at hand while allowing it enough space to grow, in light of the Fed’s impending decision on interest rates.
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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on the best and worst ways to handle a big inheritance
Pete also discusss how much you would need to inherit in order to immediately retire; why putting a down payment on a lake house might not be advisable; and why preventing family squabbles should be a key goal in planning to divide your assets.
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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on what your career earnings should tell you about retirement savings
In the 300th episode of the IBJ Podcast, Pete Dunn also discusses the role that your housing decisions—good and bad—play in retirement readiness.
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Q&A: Allied Solutions CEO worked his way up over 35 years
Thirty-five years ago, following a career as a cryptologist in the U.S. Air Force and a stint running his own business, Pete Hilger joined the company his mother, Melissa Eldredge, founded in 1978.
Jalene Hahn: Tips to avoid making holiday spending mistakes
While Andy Williams is famous for crooning that it is the “most wonderful time of the year,” the reality is that December is the most stressful time of the year.
Peter Dunn: Later in life, you can still make that dream come true
What’s the monthly financial gap between your current life and the life you are aspiring to? This allows you to park the scary thoughts to the side and instead make decisions based on real numbers.
Scammers swiping billions from Americans every year, and most get away with it
Victims rarely get their money back, including older people who have lost life savings to romance scams, grandparent scams, technical support fraud and other common grifts.
Teaching frugal habits starts at home
Once the Pruetts realized the financial pressures of parenting, they felt it was really important to share that concept with their kids sooner rather than later.
Investors eyeing opportunities in accounting firms
As technology and other factors transform the accounting industry, a growing number of firms are turning to private equity investments to help them keep up with the pace of change.
Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8
The temporary nationwide injunction is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies, which collect billions in revenue each year in late fees and were looking to stop the proposal from going into effect.
State budget leader foreshadows focus on property taxes next session
Rep. Jeff Thompson, the chair of the House’s fiscal-minded Ways and Means Committee, says his goal is simplicity but that the changes he has in mind are so massive that they could take multiple sessions.
Pete the Planner: Here’s what you need to know about executing an estate
As an executor, adeptness in managing administrative tasks—from inventorying assets to paying debts and filing taxes—is paramount.
LISC programs aim to boost Black businesses
The programs are intended to help central Indiana Black business owners combat long-standing challenges in securing bank loans.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner asks, ‘Can ambitious people feel fulfilled in retirement?’
If you’re a company founder, serial entrepreneur and/or C-suite executive, the ambition that drives you will not vanish the day you decide to give up full-time work and hit the pickleball court.
Health-tech startup DecisionRx lands $100M credit facility to fund growth
Indianapolis-based DecisionRx uses technology to recommend medication decisions to physicians and pharmacists based on genetic profiles, existing medication regimes and contraindications.
Pete the Planner: Enlightenment is the goal of your financial journey
Here’s what I’ve learned about our financial lives as we age—they get increasingly complex, and we don’t necessarily get better with money along the way.
Neighborhood groups set to oppose city’s plan to acquire Broad Ripple Park Family Center
Several Indianapolis neighborhood groups are taking issue with the city’s plan to spend up to $26 million in tax revenue earmarked for neighborhood redevelopment to acquire the new family center.
Visa profit surges as consumers turn up reliance on digital payments
Payments processing giant Visa has benefitted from a fundamental change in consumer behavior that has led to the broad acceptance of digital payments, as well as from the growth in online shopping.
Yield on a 10-year Treasury reaches 5% for first time since 2007
Besides making it more expensive for U.S. homebuyers to buy a house with a mortgage, higher yields also put downward pressure on prices for everything from stocks to cryptocurrencies. Eventually, they could help cause companies to lay off more workers.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on understanding your (and your partner’s) relationship with money
Peter Dunn uses a series of questions to help listeners identify the money personality—or “script”—that best matches their relationship with money and then explains the pros and cons of each.
Social Security benefits to increase by 3.2% in 2024
Next year’s hike follows this year’s 8.7% benefit increase, which was brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
Pete the Planner: Invite your financial adviser to criticize your thinking
Keep pressing them to be critical until they offer something. Once that seal is broken, candor can take hold.