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Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about how ChatGPT is showing up in the real estate market, The Federal Reserve denying Custodia’s request to become Federally-insured, why the Fed is likely to raise interest rates again, single women owning more homes than single men, and the debate over […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about ETF’s turning 30, the likelihood we see a recession in 2023, and a new Lending Tree survey shows that Inflation got in the way of people achieving their financial goals in 2022. Segment 2: Jim Dallke, National Editor, American Inno, tells John […]
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! Just before the end of the year, President Biden signed the new Secure 2.0 act. Ilyce and Tom discuss the new law, and many of the policy changes in the bill […]
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 2023 talking about the New Year's financial resolutions they make each year along with resolutions from listeners and clients. Later on, they discuss how the new […]
Ilyce Glink, financial journalist and host of This Week In Wealth, joins Steve King and Johnnie Putman, in for Lisa Dent. Ilyce gives listeners money and credit management tips to know before the new year rolls around and takes a look back at some of the biggest headlines in the financial sector this year. Listen […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John Williams to give us a recap on financial matters, to share her New Year’s resolutions for home buyers, sellers, and personal finance. Ilyce also gave a recap of the year in money with the crypto meltdown, stock market meltdown mortgage market meltdown etc. Segment […]
Ilyce Glink, financial journalist and host of This Week In Wealth, joins Steve King and Johnnie Putman, in for Lisa Dent. Ilyce gives listeners money and credit management tips to know before the new year rolls around and takes a look back at some of the biggest headlines in the financial sector this year. Listen […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, and Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, join Jon to talk about how the markets have been reacting since last week’s Fed announcement about interest rates, and the importance of having a financial plan and sticking to that plan. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim […]
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 the last show of 2022, Ilyce and Tom recap some of the highlights of the year including the fastest rising interest rates ever, an incredibly wild ride in the stock […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about a new CNBC survey that shows what annual income people would need to feel rich, Mortgage interest rates continuing to drop, and why rising interest rates mean you can withdraw more from your 401k and retirement savings without going broke. Segment […]
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! Social Security is already confusing enough, and the new year is bringing changes to Social Security for new retirees. Ilyce and Tom break down the changes and what it all means […]
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! With just three weeks left to get finances in order before the end of the year, Ilyce and Tom discuss what are the top money moves to consider doing before the […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the amount of people continuing to work remotely, the latest on the Sam Bankman-Fried saga, and how 1 in 12 mortgaged homes bought in 2022 are now underwater. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest in startup innovation […]
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 […]
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. […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about Bob Iger returning as CEO of Disney, the amount of people that will be traveling for Thanksgiving this year, where gas prices stand as we head into the holiday, and the cost of Thanksgiving for 2022 Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins Anna Davlantes in for John Williams to talk about the latest news involving cryptocurrency exchange FTX and what’s next for those who used the exchange and Illyce and Anna also chat about Executive Chairman of Amazon Jeffrey Bezos giving away millions of his own dollars […]
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 […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about The National Association of Realtors releasing its annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers that found first-time buyers made up only 26% of all buyers, the age of the typical first-time buyer was 36 years-old, and home buyers typically purchased their […]
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 […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the real estate market and how 98 of the 100 largest U.S. markets saw home prices decline in September from their 2022 peaks, the October stock market rally, Eurozone inflation hitting 10.7%, and the likelihood the Federal Reserve will raise its […]
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 […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the stock market having its best week since March 2020, the continuing concerns about a possible recession, the amount of Americans that are living paycheck-to-paycheck, how many people applied to receive student loan debt relief, and the housing market hitting the […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins Jon Hansen to talk about some real estate “Never Befores,” including the largest number of 20-somethings living at home with their parents and rents rising by 19% year over year. Segment 2: Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells Jon about Chicago VC investment continuing to […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the Stock Market being up 600 points and General Motor sales up a surprising 24%. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke , talks with John about his sit down with AOL co-founder Steve Case who talked about his new book […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the Federal Reserve likely raising rates in an effort to cool down the high cost of living, if the Fed is playing catch-up right now, Americans carrying a near-record level of credit card debt, and mortgage rates hitting 6% last week […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins Jon to talk about the stock market continuing to move in positive territory, the Fed’s plan to combat inflation by raising rates again, and why gas prices dropping could mean that inflation has peaked. Ilyce also tells us what you should know about flood insurance. […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about home sales dropping by a lot in July, and when we might see banks raise interest rates for savings account. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest in startup innovation including the amount of startup layoffs across the industry, […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the market being on the upswing over the last four weeks, the Fed expecting to continue increasing rates until inflation is around 2%, gas prices continuing to drop, the housing market starting to balance, a Redfin report showing people leaving (but […]
Award-winning real estate and personal finance expert Ilyce Glink joins Steve & Johnnie (filling-in for Lisa Dent) on Chicago’s Afternoon News to discuss whether inflation reached its peak following the S&P 500 and Nasdaq’s fourth straight week of gains. You can hear Ilyce Glink on This Week in Wealth Sundays on WGN Radio. Follow Your […]
Award-winning real estate and personal finance expert Ilyce Glink joins Steve & Johnnie (filling-in for Lisa Dent) on Chicago’s Afternoon News to discuss whether inflation reached its peak following the S&P 500 and Nasdaq’s fourth straight week of gains. You can hear Ilyce Glink on This Week in Wealth Sundays on WGN Radio. Follow Your […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the ways you can save for a down payment on a house, how pessimistic people are about buying a house, and the nation’s top ten consumer complaints according to the Consumer Federation of America Segment 2: Hannah Towey, Business News Reporter, Insider, tells […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the amount of credit card debt people are carrying, how the net worth of millennials increased substantially during the pandemic, new home sales falling, and a new survey from Lending Tree that shows how that parents are stressed about back to […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the Mega Millions lottery, and what we learned from Lending Tree‘s new “Back to School” survey. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest in startup innovation including VC funding being down in Chicago last quarter as startups across […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about Laura Washington‘s column about cryptocurrency, stocks rising to start the week, what the Fed might do to combat inflation, the annual amount of foreign investment in the U.S. existing home market, rising credit card debt and the latest on student loan […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins Anna Davlantes in for John Williams to talk about home sales getting canceled at the highest rate since the start of the pandemic, how much money it takes to be considered ‘financially comfortable' in the U.S. and the unemployment rate for Black women falling in […]
Our guest on the podcast today is real estate expert and author Ilyce Glink. Ilyce writes a nationally syndicated column on real estate matters, and she's written more than a dozen books on real estate and home buying, including 100 Questions Every First-Time Homebuyer Should Ask, which is now in its fourth edition. She's also a regular contributor to WGN Radio. Her latest project, Best Money Moves, is a mobile-first employee benefit designed to help employees with financial wellness and reduce financial stress. Ilyce received her bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.BackgroundBioIlyce Glink books 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Fourth Edition: With Answers From Top Brokers From Around the Country, by Ilyce GlinkBest Money MovesThinkGlinkNewsletter: Love, Money + Real Estate: Exploring Truths, Lies and Life's Financial MilestonesHousing Market and Prospective Homebuyers“What Today's Market Means for First-Time Home Buyers,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, washingtonpost.com, May 25, 2022.“Love, Money + Real Estate #014: Is a Recession Looming?” by Ilyce Glink, glink.substack.com, May 3, 2022.“Real Estate Matters: Industry Trends as a New Year Arrives,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, heraldtribune.com, Jan. 16, 2022.“Real Estate Matters: Homeowner Weighs Renting vs. Buying for Next Stage in Life,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, heraldtribune.com, Aug. 8, 2021.“Retiree Considers Selling Townhouse, Buying Larger Single-Level Home,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, washingtonpost.com, May 30, 2022.“Cullen Roche: Macro Is About Understanding the World for What It Is,” The Long View podcast, morningstar.com, Jan. 11, 2022.“Real Estate Trends for 2022,” by Ilyce Glink, thinkglink.com, Dec. 14, 2021.Real Estate as an Investment“Real Estate Matters: We Stand by Advice That LLCs Aren't for All Property Investors,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, heraldtribune.com, Jan. 23, 2022.Housing Shortage“Underbuilding Has Led to ‘Acute Shortage' of Housing and ‘Affordability Crisis,' Study Says,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, washingtonpost.com, July 19, 2021.Older Adults, Taxes, and Retirement“Calculating Capital Gains,” by Ilyce Glink, thinkglink.com, May 9, 2022. “Should You Prepay Your Mortgage?” by Ilyce Glink, hermoney.com, July 2, 2019.“The Benefits of Paying Down a Mortgage Before Retirement,” Interview with Christine Benz and Ilyce Glink, morningstar.com, Sept. 4, 2018.“Reverse Mortgages: Readers Share Their Experiences,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, washingtonpost.com, June 2, 2021.“Reverse Mortgage Not Working Out? Here Are Some Options,” by Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, washingtonpost.com, Dec. 1, 2021.
Segment 1: Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, joins Ilyce Glink to talk about 58% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck after inflation spike, if this is an indicator of a possible recession, and what this means for your retirement portfolio. Segment 2: Vijen Patel, Founder of The 81 Collection, joins Ilyce Glink to talk […]
U.S. Congresswoman Marie Newman joins guest host Ilyce Glink to talk about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and two other recent decisions about gun rights and school prayer.
U.S. Congresswoman Marie Newman joins guest host Ilyce Glink to talk about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and two other recent decisions about gun rights and school prayer.
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about Amazon, the world's second largest private employer, running out of people to hire, and a new survey that shows the impact of inflation and the possibility of a recession. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest in startup […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about how Friday’s bad inflation report is still impacting the stock market, mortgage interest rates continuing to rise, the rise of “buy now pay later,” and how the Fed will tackle inflation. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk the amount that rents are rising in the Chicago area, and the Top 10 states with the highest income generated from a home sale in 2021. Segment 2: Jonathan Webb, Workplace Market Director, KI Contract Furniture, tells John about how the expectations of […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to tell us why home prices rose 20% in March. Segment 2: Philippe Weiss, President, Seyfarth at Work, tells John about what we should know about the rising “Pay Transparency” movement. Segment 3: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest in startup innovation including a […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about Oxfam’s new report that shows there were 573 more billionaires in the world by March 2022 than in 2020, the economy facing the biggest confluence of negative global factors since WWII, the Federal Reserve Board on issuing its Economic Well-Being of […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John Williams to talk about a new Lending Tree survey that shows 56% of bridal party members feel pressure to overspend, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke saying the Fed was too slow in raising interest rates, and the importance of improving your credit score considering today’s […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins Jon Hansen to talk about the stock market continuing to fall, why you should still be contributing to your 401K, mortgage interest rates rising, and Chicago being on the list of Top 10 Worst Cities for Commuters. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells Jon about […]
Her favorite color is green. Not forest green, but money green. Ilyce Glink has been educating the planet on "smart money moves" for her entire career. In this episode, Lissa & Thom find hope in Ilyce's message on surviving times of recession. From rising interest rates to the rising retirement age, there's a lifetime of wisdom in this conversation.
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about a new survey on how employees feel about their impending retirement, and a new study from Houzz which found that home renovation activity and spend have reached the highest rates reported since 2018. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about […]
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the big dip in the stock market since Friday, the latest on Elon Musk trying to acquire Twitter, interest rates continuing to rise, and the Chicago area housing market looking strong. Segment 2: Chicago Inno‘s Senior Editor Jim Dallke tells John about the latest […]