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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Why Fee Only Planning?
JIC is a fee-only firm. We receive no commissions and our fees are fully transparent and disclosed using a simple, understandable approach.
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Our Financial Planning Services
A fee-only, comprehensive financial planning and investment management firm, JIC provides a wide range of integrated services concentrated on achieving your financial goals and objectives.
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We believe being employee owned is also a significant differentiating factor as our clients will interact with a principal of the firm. The years of professional experience we bring to our clients is also a a major client benefit.
Recent News & Information
New Benefit and Investment Thresholds
Each year, the U.S. government changes a variety of thresholds impacting benefits and investment contributions. These increases are usually tied to the inflation rate. For the past ten years, since inflation has been pretty low, most of the increases have been modest.
Below is a summary of the 2019 levels.
The contribution […]
Delaying Marriage
While no one seems to have a good explanation, American adults are increasingly delaying marriage. Based on the latest population survey by the U.S. Census bureau, the median age at first marriage in the U.S. is almost 30. (29.8 for men and 27.8 for women). For reference, in 2003, the median first […]
Have Economic Benefits Reached Everyone?
America seems to be at near peak prosperity, as the stock market has boomed (until recently) for the last 10 years and the previous recession occurred over 10 years ago. The unemployment rate is near a historic low. While there are disagreements about which President is responsible for this wonderful news, most Americans are […]
