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Mar 4, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | jeffrey funk |Gary Smith
By Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith Financial backers and firms are both caught in a 'Wile E. Coyote' dilemma VCs now must decide which startups to save and which to let go. Startup companies increasingly are tumbling over a financial cliff, while others are hanging in mid-air like Wile E. Coyote before the inevitable fall. Startup shutdowns hit 770 in 2023, up from 467 in 2022, and for those startups lucky enough to get funding in 2023, 20% had their valuations reduced.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
marketwatch.com | Gary Smith
Your browser does not support the audio tag. This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology. Want to see it on more articles? Give your feedback below or email [email protected]. In an August 2022 CNBC interview, Steve H. Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University economics professor, predicted: “We’re going to have one whopper of a recession in 2023.” In April 2023, he repeated the warning: “We know the recession is baked in the cake,” he said.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Gary Smith
In-kind donation can ease the burden of returns on warehouses and with inventories A shopper on Black Friday at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. U.S. shoppers are expected to return $173 billion worth of holiday purchases this year, 28% more than last year, according to Optoro, a firm that helps retailers manage returns.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
international.thenewslens.com | Gary Smith
What you need to know China's residential housing prices soared by 81% from 2005 to 2019, prompting a debate on whether it's a bubble. By Gary Nance SmithResidential housing prices in China increased by 81% between 2005 and 2019 while consumer prices increased by 44%, leading many to argue that China was in the throes of a housing bubble.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
marketwatch.com | Gary Smith |Cory Smith
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
morningstar.com | Gary Smith
By Gary Smith Cash is the king of your portfolio Stock prices often swing wildly month to month, day to day, even minute to minute. It's natural to think that the way to make money in the stock market is to time these ups and downs - to buy low, sell high, and repeat. Alas, it is far easier to identify ups and downs in the past than to predict them in the future. Study after study has confirmed how hard it is to time the market.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
bollyinside.com | Gary Smith |Madeline Beaumont
Here’s what really matters when you buy stocks, real estate and other investmentsBy Gary SmithHere’s what really matters when you buy stocks, real estate and other investments: Cash is the king of your portfolio. Stock prices often swing wildly month to month, day to day, even minute to minute. Value investors concentrate on the income that will be generated by the company. The reality of real estate: Soaring mortgage rates have certainly hammered the housing market.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
marketwatch.com | Gary Smith
Stock prices often swing wildly month to month, day to day, even minute to minute. It’s natural to think that the way to make money in the stock market is to time these ups and downs — to buy low, sell high, and repeat. Alas, it is far easier to identify ups and downs in the past than to predict them in the future. Study after study has confirmed how hard it is to time the market.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
morningstar.com | Gary Smith
By Gary Smith The cash generated by stocks, real estate, and other investments is what really matters Stock prices often swing wildly month to month, day to day, even minute to minute. It's natural to think that the way to make money in the stock market is to time these ups and downs -- to buy low, sell high, and repeat. Alas, it is far easier to identify ups and downs in the past than to predict them in the future. Study after study has confirmed how hard it is to time the market.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
floortrendsmag.com | Gary Smith
Uncertainty is the theme for the fourth quarter for flooring businesses. Struggling to manage their inventory as delays and shortages continue in the supply chain, they have concerns that, by the time they do have inventory, the window will have closed for getting it sold. The In-Kind SolutionThose pallets and shelves of excess and returned inventory are not going to empty themselves. They’re going to take up valuable storage space and potentially drag down profitability.
