Despite concerns over market headwinds, most advisors are seeing a strong influx of new engagements. Roughly two-thirds (67%) say they’re seeing more Baby Boomer business owners trying to exit before the next downturn or macro event. Advisors are also reporting a strong uptick in the number of new clients coming… Read More »Change In New Client Engagements Last Quarter, 5-Point Scale
Labor Shortages Impacting M&A Advisors say that labor shortages have had the biggest impact on deal-making in Q1 2022. In the Main Street market, 92% say its had a negative effect (54% “very negative”). Likewise, 92% say labor shortages are having a negative effect in the lower middle market (47%… Read More »Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Market Conditions
Is the Deal Making over or has it just begun? The big picture: It depends on how you look at it. Corporate M&A and private equity acquisitions have kind of fallen off a cliff this year, Axios’ Kate Marino writes. Yes but: For all the uncertainty permeating the markets —… Read More »Value of M&A and LBO’s
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Unemployment Claims are up in August. Don’t know if this is an indicator of things to come or changes in how it is reported. Driving the news: The Labor Department said that 262,000 people filed new jobless claims last week, the highest since January and up from a low of… Read More »August Unemployment Claims
It looks like the lower end of the income spectrum got hit as inflation in food prices is still rising.
The inflation numbers are better news and the stock market is taking it as a sign the interest rates won’t rise, which is good news if the worst is truly behind us. I’m still not sure 8.5% inflation YOY is something to celebrate. The U.S. inflation rate came down in… Read More »July Inflation Numbers
Labor productivity has taken a dive, which may also explain why salaries have stay stagnant and not kept up with inflation. Greater productivity creates greater profits and better salaries. In the first half of the year, a lot more Americans were working a lot more hours. In the first half… Read More »Labor Productivity
Depending on what this new bill actually does to inflation, I can only be happy that people are still optimistic as gas prices retreat $.50 from their all time high, still much higher than two or four years ago. Survey respondent are still expecting 6.2% over the next year. As… Read More »Inflation Expectations
Even though we are mostly wine drinkers in our household, I’m sure the stats are similar for wine consumption. I thought this was interesting in how consumption habits have changed and not changed. More people are opting to drink beer at home than they did before the pandemic, according to Statista’s… Read More »Drinking Out vs Drinking at Home