Taking care of your physical health is extremely important, but it’s also beneficial to keep up with your financial fitness. Your financial fitness determines how much your financial status impacts your day-to-day life, how on track you are towards achieving your financial goals, and if you’re able to cover emergency ...
While the mortgage rate you’ll get is determined by specific factors like your credit score, historical mortgage rate trends can give you a sense of how economic conditions influence the rates available on the market today. From the 1970s to present, mortgage rates have risen and fallen, with the current ...
Data Privacy Week occurs each year from January 21 – January 27. It is an international effort to create awareness about digital data privacy while educating citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure.
Here are some helpful tips to increase your digital safety and protect ...
Taking proper precautions against winter conditions is an important step for homeowners to take. Not only will you be able to enjoy the snow with your loved ones, but you’ll also have the peace of mind knowing your home is protected from any disasters that winter may throw your way.
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Are you saving for the future? Individual retirement accounts are a common way to put money aside for your retirement years. However, do you understand the difference between traditional and Roth IRAs and how these accounts can affect your taxes? Let's break down how IRAs function and how they can ...
Creating a budget is one of the best financial decisions you can make for yourself and your loved ones. Not only does a budget help you determine and reach your long-term goals, it will also help you manage your day-to-day spending and gain control over your finances.
Even so, starting the ...
In August or September, when you ask certain people if they are excited about the fall season, some of them will say “No, because of what comes next — winter.” There are parts of winter that are exciting, such as the holidays, but there can also be gloomy elements to ...
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Generally, pipes that are exposed to outdoor temperatures freeze more readily, such as hose bibs, swimming pool lines and water sprinkler lines. Pipes that run along exterior walls in the home with minimal insulation also tend to freeze more easily.
Use the following recommendations from First Mid Insurance Group ...
Farmland often represents a family legacy. For Sandy Chalmers, her two sisters, and her brother, the land included in their mother’s trust was exactly that. Their family’s farming roots go back to the 1840s east of Marshall, Illinois, near the Indiana state line. However, the land had been rented since ...
First Mid is excited to welcome Blackhawk Bank customers and employees to the First Mid family. As of December 1, 2023, the completion of the Blackhawk Bank conversion will expand our footprint with an additional 10 banking centers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. We will have a total of ...
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