Johnston Investment Counsel

Life the Way You Planned It…

Johnston Investment Counsel (JIC) is an independent, fee-only, comprehensive financial planning, investment management and consulting firm that has been in business since 1997. We are fiduciaries working with both individual and institutional clients.

JIC understands that today’s financial lives are complicated. Our financial planning process seeks to reduce our clients’ financial concerns allowing them to focus on life’s more important activities.

From our physical headquarters is in Peoria, Illinois, we serve clients throughout Illinois, the nation and internationally.

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Recent News & Information

The Social Security Choice

The Social Security Choice

If you have at least 10 years of work history, then reaching Social Security age comes with some choices – begin drawing on your Social Security benefit or wait? Should you begin to take those benefits as soon as you reach 62 years? One could invest the income received. Or, should you wait until full […]

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World’s Population in Decline

World’s Population in Decline

Americans are having fewer babies, and they are not alone. The World Bank, which keeps birth statistics for every country, shows a decline pretty much across the entire world — some more drastic than others. The worldwide fertility rate is around 2.4 children per woman, roughly half the 1950 level (4.7). The […]

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New Technology for Chronic Pain

New Technology for Chronic Pain

The CDC reported, in 2019, that just over 20% of adults had chronic pain. This can include neuropathic pain (caused by damaged nerves), nociceptive pain (caused by pain receptors which are activated in an injury but never turn back off), somatic pain (related to joint injury or arthritic conditions, sometimes to muscle pain), or […]

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