Pekin Hardy Strauss Recognized as a 2019 Best For The World Nominee

By Erin Kelsey

CHICAGO, Illinois: Pekin Hardy Strauss Wealth Management, a Chicago-based independent investment adviser, has been recognized by B Lab as a 2019 Best For The World Honoree in the categories of Changemaker and Customers. Pekin Hardy...

Quarterly Commentary

07/25/19

Which Is Correct — the Stock Market or the Bond Market?

By Adam Strauss

As the S&P 500 Index reaches all-time highs with an extraordinarily high valuation by most measures, how can the 10-year Treasury bond yield simultaneously be declining towards all-time lows?

Financial Planning

06/17/19

The Costs of Long-Term Care

By Matt Blume

Those preparing for retirement today should also seek to prepare themselves for a growing financial concern: long-term care. Long-term care is increasingly needed by people over the age of 65, can be very expensive, and...

Investing and Markets

06/09/19

What Does a Chicago Bankruptcy or an Illinois Bankruptcy End Game Look Like?

By Adam Strauss

Chicago and Illinois are in dire financial straits as a result of decades of financial mismanagement. While not yet technically bankrupt, Chicago and Illinois are headed into a bankruptcy-like restructuring of their financial obligations at...

Financial Planning

05/02/19

Five Tax-Saving Strategies for the Trump Era

By Matt Blume

Minimizing taxes is important in building and protecting wealth over the long-term. However, navigating the highly complex and ever-changing tax code is not an easy task. The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (often referred to...

Quarterly Commentary

04/22/19

The Impact of Inverted Yield Curves

By Adam Strauss

In our most recent investor commentary, we discussed the drivers for the stock market downturn during Q4 2018. We suggested that monetary tightening from central banks across the world was the primary culprit in deflating...

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Pekin Hardy Strauss Recognized as a 2019 Best For The World Nominee

Which Is Correct — the Stock Market or the Bond Market?

The Costs of Long-Term Care

What Does a Chicago Bankruptcy or an Illinois Bankruptcy End Game Look Like?

Five Tax-Saving Strategies for the Trump Era

The Impact of Inverted Yield Curves