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How To Lower Your Tax Bill

By Rob Costello, CFP® / July 23, 2021

Webinar: How To Lower Your Tax Bill – 2021 March Slides

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2021 Q2 Market Review

By Rob Costello, CFP® / July 23, 2021

              2021 Q2 Market Review  

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Possibility, Probability, and Playing the Game

By madwire / May 30, 2020

With the suspension of the NBA season due to COVID-19, followed by cancellations of most other professional sports’ seasons, I was left with a void in my life that watching repeats of old games could not fill. But then the ESPN docuseries, The Last Dance, captured my attention on Sunday nights. The series documents Michael…

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2020 Q1 Market Review

By madwire / April 10, 2020
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2019 Q4 Market Review

By madwire / January 27, 2020
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Happy Halloween! Hope you enjoyed the rain and snow.

By madwire / November 1, 2019

Happy Halloween! Everyone had a great time.  We all trick or treated. Charlie counted 64 pieces of candy and shot bow and arrows at cardboard targets. Dean ate candy for the first time. Needless to say, Dean loves candy.

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2019 Q3 Market Review

By madwire / October 28, 2019
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State by State Comprehensive Taxes: Who Really Pays the Most?

By madwire / October 25, 2019

When it comes to paying taxes of any kind, there are two concepts that invariably hold true. First, nobody likes paying them. Second, most people think they pay more than their fair share. In the Midwest, and in Illinois in particular, many people are talking about why our taxes are so high. It is no…

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Equifax Claim – Save Money

By madwire / July 25, 2019

Usually, online offers that “could save you hundreds in just 10 minutes” are bogus and are just clickbait to direct you to a different website. However, today the FTC enforcement agency opened a portal to the general public to begin processing claims related to the data leak from Equifax in 2017. The breach affected 143…

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New Baby

By madwire / July 15, 2019

CFP is happy to introduce its newest addition to the family.  On Monday, 7/15, Patrick Jordan Costello was delivered into the world at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.  Following his parents’ affinity for numbers, the 7/15 baby weighed in at 7lbs 15 oz.  Mom and baby are both healthy.

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