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I still find this to be relatively large. As explained by Axios: What’s happening: The percentage of young adults — or “boomerang kids” — who live with their parents is back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Nathan writes. By the… Read More »Young Adults Living at Home Back to Pre Pandemic Levels

The latest data from the Market Pulse survey reflects the growing premiums business owners get as the size of their company increases. Multiples typically increase as businesses get larger. And these businesses are more likely to draw buyer interest from the widest geographic radius. EBITDA Multiples are used for larger… Read More »Median EBITDA Multiples Increase With Company Size

Looks like Toyota took the number one spot in US auto sales, surprised by how weak Nissan has become. As outlined by Axios: GM and Ford may be making progress on electric vehicles, but Toyota became the best-selling automaker in the U.S. in 2021, usurping GM for the first time… Read More »GM is Decrowned, Vehicle Sales By Year

This does tell us that you have to increase you buyer search the larger the company. Results from the 2021 Q3 Market pulse survey and Executive summary.

No surprise there is still turmoil in the labor markets and employees are still looking for greener pastures. As outlined by Axios: What’s happening: A record number of people quit in November — more than 4.5 million — matching the highest rate in the two decades of government tracking, Axios’… Read More »Quit Rate by Industry, Nov 2021

The latest data from the Market Pulse survey reflects the growing premiums business owners get as the size of their company increases. Keep in mind that Sellers Discretionary Earnings are mostly used for smaller owner operator companies where as EBITDA is used for larger companies with complete management structure in… Read More »Median SDE Multiples Increase With Company Size

Figure 8 from the IBBA and M&A Source 2021 Q3 Marketpulse, this continues to show a strong market and the importance of pricing the business right.

In second part we the events that have happened later part of 2021. Thanks to Axios for putting this together, they have been doing it since 2017 and is a fun view to look at that is dominating peoples news interests. As outlined by Axios: This graphic is an annual Axios… Read More »Google News Trends for 2021 part 2

Thanks to Axios for putting this together, they have been doing it since 2017 and is a fun view to look at that is dominating peoples news interests. As outlined by Axios: This graphic is an annual Axios tradition that began back in 2017, when we were a tiny company in… Read More »Google News Trends for 2021 part 1