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Shipping Cost

After spiking this spring and summer, they are now back to somewhat normal demands. This indicates that the supply chain issues may be easing, it could also indicates the volume is down.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The strategic petroleum reserve has only been tapped 3 time before 2022. We are now down to leves we haven’t seen since the mid 1980s. About the SPR The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the world’s largest supply of emergency crude oil was established primarily to reduce the impact of disruptions… Read More »Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Arizona Economic Growth

In the past seven years Arizona has consistently outgrown the GDP of the US In 2022, Arizona’s GDP reached $341.8b, representing an increase of 2.5% from 2021. Arizona’s GDP has grown at an annualized rate of 1.3% over the five years to 2022. Moreover, Arizona’s trailing five-year GDP growth ranks… Read More »Arizona Economic Growth

Completed Business Deals

The number of closed business deals is down slightly from last quarter. After five consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth, small business acquisition activity has slowed, according to BizBuySell’s Insight Report, which tracks and analyzes U.S. business-for-sale transactions and sentiment from business owners, buyers, and brokers. The number of closed deals… Read More »Completed Business Deals

Buyer and Seller Confidence

As seller confidence drops, buyer confidence increases. Confidence among small business owners dropped to a score of 46 in 2022, down from 57 in 2021, according to BizBuySell’s Business for Sale Confidence Index, which measures the sentiments of over 3,000 business owners and buyers. A score of 46 falls within… Read More »Buyer and Seller Confidence

Price Multiples

Multiples are how we figure a go to market price. Price it too high and there is no interest, price it too low and you may not get top dollar. In contrast, small business buyer confidence has risen to a score of 54 in 2022, up from 48 in 2021,… Read More »Price Multiples