Intelligent Insights Into Your Business
Rapid changes are taking place in the way people buy things. The U.S. is moving toward a subscription-based economy, driving companies to focus less on individual sales, and more on gaining recurring customers. This trend is seen across industries, in companies like Netflix, Blue Apron, Spotify, Amazon, and now BMW, Mercedes, Audi and General Motors. […]
I’m sure you’ve seen the 1993 movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. His weatherman character disparages his assignment to cover the annual groundhog event, only to wake up the next day…and the next day…realizing he is inexplicably reliving the same day over and over again. Filled with cynicism, Murray fails to “flip the script” on […]
The topic of interest rates is a popular one among lenders, sparked by the quarterly Federal Reserve meetings, and debated by those with contradictory opinions. As a case in point, let’s review the recent comments made by Moody’s Analytics during the Auto Finance News Performance and Compliance Summit. According to Michael Vagan, assistant director and […]
While the hastily signed Congressional Tax Reform Bill had many phoning their accountants at the end of 2017, the real questions are quickly emerging in 2018 as tax season looms. A strong stock market close in 2017 has been tempered with a predicted return of inflation, thanks to the Federal Reserve signaling interest rate hikes. […]