WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

Every year one of the biggest dictionary publishers, Merriam-Webster, adds words to the book and this year there are 370 additions. Ilyce and Tom discuss the new ‘money’ words that were added like gift economy, shrinkflation, unbanked, underbanked, and side hustle.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

This week, Ilyce and Tom focus in on the crypto market and the implosion that occurred after the FTX crypto collapse and talk about the lessons to be learned from it.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

The Federal Reserve just handed down its third straight 75 basis point interest rate at the beginning of November in its ongoing fight against inflation, and a new poll (by Allianz Life) found that most savers are concerned the rising cost of living will affect their retirement. Ilyce and Tom discuss how people can address this concern with structured planning.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

Ilyce and Tom start off with unfinished business from last week, and take a dive back into I bonds and the confusion with the rates. Later, they talk about inflation and how even if you’re feeling like it is never going to come down, it will.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

It’s a scary Halloween show, and the Federal Reserve said investors agree that now is the worst time to invest in CDs . However, now that brokered CDs are available, Ilyce and Tom share what they are and how you can buy them.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

A lot of Americans are worried about making changes in the land of never before. Ilyce and Tom talk about what this means in the real estate market as interest rates rise faster and so much more that has never been seen before.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

So, inflation will just not stop. It’s certainly not going the way the Fed was hoping, and inflation seems to be rising all over the world. Ilyce and Tom address this unsettling time, and whether it’s really causing people who were going to retire in the next year to rethink that option.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

For people with retirement accounts, there may be the question of whether their retirement investments are playing out or if the current market status is just a blip. Ilyce and Tom dive into the cavalier term of “blip” and how no one truly knows where the market will end up.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

Interest rates are going up and Jerome Powell announced a huge increase in the federal funds rate this year, taking the target rate up to somewhere between 3% and 3.25%. With so much uncertainty and wild swings in the marketplace, Ilyce and Tom address how much people should set aside in order to be able to retire.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.

WGN Radio’s Ilyce Glink and Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group give you the latest financial business news and financial planning advice and more!

Although gas prices are falling, the markets are reacting badly to the current inflation rate of 8.3% while the Fed is expected to raise rates at least 75 basis points. Ilyce and Tom talk about what they are hearing from clients and what advice is being given to help react to the economic situation.

If you’d like to get involved with the show, call 630-934-1855. A member of Tom Fortino’s group will get back to you.