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2021-06-24-02 Is it a Buyer’s or Seller’s Business Market Q1 2021 compared to Q1 2020

A huge THANK YOU to Ron West for having Scott Bushkie and I on the Business Brokerage Press to provide a quarterly Industry Update using the 2021 Q1 Market Pulse results.  In this segment, we discuss the stronger business owner seller market in Q1 2021 compared to Q1 2020 by purchase price for sold businesses.     Music: Good Vibe by Ketsa … Read More »2021-06-24-02 Is it a Buyer’s or Seller’s Business Market Q1 2021 compared to Q1 2020

Shortest Resession

According to the NBER’s conventions for chronicling economic cycles, a recession begins in the first month following a peak in economic activity and ends in the month of the subsequent trough. In this case, that means the COVID-19 recession only lasted for two months, making it the shortest on record.

Why Business Owners Decided to Sell in Q1 2021

A huge THANK YOU to Ron West for having Scott Bushkie and I on the Business Brokerage Press to provide a quarterly Industry Update using the 2021 Q1 Market Pulse results.  In this segment, we discuss why business owners decided to sell.   Music: Good Vibe by Ketsa    #IBBA #MASOURCE #MarketPulse 

Economic Confidence Index

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Economic Confidence Index +2 in April First time in positive territory since early March 2020 Majority confident in Biden’s ability to handle the economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index registered a score of +2 in April, the first time it has been net positive since early… Read More »Economic Confidence Index

Monday Mojo – Muriel Siebert

“You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.” – Muriel Siebert, first female member of the New York Stock Exchange Read more here….https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/business/muriel-siebert-first-woman-to-own-a-seat-on-wall-st-dies-at-80.html Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first woman to head… Read More »Monday Mojo – Muriel Siebert

Inflation can’t be Ignored

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in 13 years in June amid supply constraints and a continued rebound in the costs of travel-related services from pandemic-depressed levels as the economic recovery gathered momentum.    Consumer prices increase 0.9% in June CPI accelerates 5.4% year-on-year… Read More »Inflation can’t be Ignored