It’s not uncommon for the final months of the year to show the highest consumption of energy. As the weather gets colder and the nights get longer, we often turn on our lights and heating systems sooner during the day. This increase in energy usage typically means an increase in our monthly utility bill. With […]
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Market Volatility As expected we are seeing added volatility. These types of moves in the markets are never comfortable but to be expected. I have attached a couple brief comments from our technical team at RBC commenting on the markets pull back and possible correction. Also some comments on current and long term […]
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Last Thursday, President Obama proposed a $447 billion job stimulus plan, which was larger and broader than most had expected. The program calls for tax cuts, state aid, infrastructure spending, on-the-job training, plus tax cuts for small businesses to encourage hiring and a “Helping More Americans Refinance Mortgages,” or HARP plan. There are no details […]
Last Thursday, President Obama proposed a $447 billion job stimulus plan, which was larger and broader than most had expected. The program calls for tax cuts, state aid, infrastructure spending, on-the-job training, plus tax cuts for small businesses to encourage hiring and a “Helping More Americans Refinance Mortgages,” or HARP plan. There are no details […]
Courtesy of Guest Author Jim Lewis of The Covenant Group, Associates of Supreme Lending. Last week was another volatile week for mortgage rates. Wall Street alternately sought risk and shunned it, causing mortgage-backed bonds to rise and fall rapidly. There was a lot to move markets, too, including banking concerns across Europe, inflation figures within […]
By Guest Author Lee Doernberg of Liquid Capital Funding This has been a year of major weather disasters, from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to the deadly tornado in Joplin, Missouri. It’s resulted in many business owners wondering if they would recover. The key to managing crisis situations is planning for them. A Disaster […]
By Guest Author Bill McDermott How do you get a business loan closed in this environment? It’s hard. But, here’s how we got this manufacturing company a line of credit with a business friendly bank. The situation was this company had a line of credit with a bank that was unhealthy. However, the company was […]
By Guest Author Lee Doernberg of Liquid Capital Funding Every business has a strategic decisions to make, but a lot hinges on what your competitors are doing. In a recent Management Today article, Arthur Weiss, founder and managing director of UK-based Aware, a Competitive Intelligence (CI) firm, said, “If you only start doing competitor research […]