Quarterly Update

North Star is proud to announce the sponsorship of the Chicago North Stars. They are the first all women’s team to play in an adult men’s league. Please view the article in the Chicago Sun-Times featuring one of our own — Anna Lurie. We wish the team success in their...

The S&P 500 Total Return Index finished up 8.93% for the quarter and is up 5.57% for the year. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index gained 0.62%% for the quarter and is up 6.72% for the year. This has been a historically volatile year for the stock market. Investors...

We are excited to announce two new members to North Star. Eric Papenhagen and Harry Petruleas each have over 20 years of serving the financial needs of families. They will be joining the North Star Family Office, which provides a wide range of services, including:...

NORTH STAR OFFERS FREE FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO THOSE IN NEED We appreciate the people who support our lives right now – first responders and hospital workers, food preparers and deliverers, city workers who keep our city going, teachers conducting classes online, and...

While many are using this unique time to reflect and evaluate, this may be an appropriate time to review existing life insurance policies. Whether life insurance is for personal reasons, such as: Family or income protection Estate planning Wealth accumulation …or...

Reminder regarding 1st Quarter Performance Reports: We are suspending mail copies of this Quarter’s Performance Reports. If you would like to receive an electronic version of your report, please let us know. For those who receive these reports electronically, you will...

North Star will be closed on Friday, April 10, 2020 In recognition of Good Friday, April 10, 2020, all domestic equity and bond markets, as well as North Star, will be closed. The bond market will also close at 2:00 PM ET on Thursday, April 9. Please note that the...

As you know, our offices are closed and all North Star employees are working remotely. We have not encountered any interruption of services and we can still be reached at our normal phone numbers and email addresses. As a reminder, PLEASE DO NOT PLACE TRADE...

To our Valuable Clients and Friends, as you most likely know on Friday, March 20th, Illinois Governor Pritzker issued a “stay at home” order for the entire state. Complying with this order, North Star employed our Business Continuity Plan and instructed all employees...

To safeguard our employees from the coronavirus outbreak, we have asked our employees to work from home as a precautionary measure. Effective today, Friday March 13, we will not be working in the office. We will still have uninterrupted access to email, and we can...