The most likely reason a business sale fails is NOT the purchase price or structure/terms. It is time … death by delays. As days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, Sellers and Buyers experience frustration and fatigue. From vacationing attorneys to disorganized brokers to lien holders and licensing… Read More »What Kills All Deals – TIME!
Inflationary pressures are pushing Bitcoin up. As stated by Axios: Bitcoin crept above $50,000 today for the first time since Sept. 7 — when El Salvador became the first country to use the cryptocurrency as legal money. Driving the news: Bank of America initiated research coverage of cryptocurrency this week, saying… Read More »Bitcoin Bounces Back
Inflation is up and inflationary pressures are still on. As outlined in MarketWatch: The numbers: The cost of goods and services rose sharply again in August and left the rate of U.S. inflation at a 30-year high, with all signs pointing to price pressures snaking into next year. The personal… Read More »Inflation up in August
According to BEA (The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis): Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2021, as real GDP for the nation increased at an annual rate of 6.7 percent, according to statistics released today by… Read More »2021 Q2 Real GDP Changes By State
According to Axios: Momentum is still building in the housing market. Pending home sales jumped 8.1% in August — far exceeding analyst expectations for around 1% growth. State of play: Pending sales, or signed contracts, had cooled during the prior two months, though remained above pre-pandemic levels. The latest figures, out… Read More »Home Sales Are Still Hot
Business Roundtable CEO Josh Bolten told reporters: All of our members are concerned … every one of them will get hit with a much higher tax bill, which makes it harder for them to raise wages or make investments Increasing taxes on America’s largest job creators by almost $1 trillion—nearly… Read More »CEOs Raise Concers With Higher Taxes
As you build a strong management team and work on transitioning yourself out of the business, be sure to enjoy vacations in the year or so prior to selling. Buyers look for businesses that can run—and run well—without your constant attention. Stop and think for a moment. If you took… Read More »Increase the Value of Your Company – Take a 3 Week Vacation!
According to Axios: Demand for durable goods grew to a recent record in August, Axios’ Hope King writes. New orders reached $263.5 billion, the Commerce Department said on Monday, a 1.8% increase over July. Expectations were for 0.6% growth. Driving the news: Demand for transportation equipment drove the growth. Meanwhile, defense… Read More »Manufactures’ Expenditures for Durable Goods
Capital Structure – The composition of the invested capital of a business enterprise and the amount of debt and/or equity employed by a firm to fund its operations and finance its assets. It may also include information about stock, options, warrants and who owns or contributed them.
As outlined by Statista: Successful business enterprises are they key to the wealth of the world’s richest families. According to a ranking by Bloomberg, three American families top the ranking of the world’s wealthiest. The top 2 – The Waltons and the Mars family – deal in consumer goods, while the Kochs in… Read More »The World’s Richest Families