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FISCH FINANCIAL WEEKLY UPDATE
Stocks pushed through another volatile summer week as diverging Q2 corporate reports and the Fed's rate decision whipsawed prices. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 1.05 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 1.59 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.04 percent. The MSCI EAFE Index, which tracks ...

YOUR TAX BILL JUST CONFIRMED WHAT MRED ALREADY KNEW
Second-installment property tax bills are due September 1. Before you pay it, here's what that 8.2% assessment jump actually means, and what it doesn't. DuPage County mailed roughly 322,000 property tax bills this year, and the number that caught everyone's eye was the county-wide assessed value increase: 8.2%. Average tax bills rose 3.83% even ...

"GO NATIVE!" & ORDER ONLINE NOW FOR DUPAGE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT FALL TREE & SHRUB SALE
Gardeners can now shop online at dupageforest.org/fall-tree-shrub-sale for 48 species of native trees and shrubs as part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s annual fall sale. Shoppers will need to order online in advance and then pick up their plants at St. James Farm in Warrenville Friday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or ...

THE CORRIDOR GAP JUST BECAME A FACT, NOT A THEORY
Wednesday's Fed decision will get the headlines this week. But the number that actually moves your equity just showed up in the fresh MRED numbers, and it isn't the federal funds rate. We've been building toward this one for a few weeks. Back in mid-July, the fresh export flagged something ...