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For weekend reading, Gary Alexander, senior writer at Navellier & Associates, offers the following commentary: Work isn’t what it used to be, and neither are workers. Labor Day gives us time to reflect on that dirty four-letter word that made the 7 dwarves sing, and made that first “hippie,” Maynard G. Krebs, wince. Q2 2022 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Work songs began with Disney’s first full-length film. The seven miners sang, “Dig, Dig, Dig,” dozens of times before taking up their picks and axes with a hearty, “Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s off to Work We Go.” As a music historian an...
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No End In Sight For Labor Shortage, While 64% Pay More For Hires They Actually Find (Up 9%) Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more For six months now, many industries have experienced a devastating labor shortage and, in fact, it remains a major factor for nearly 2 out of 3 small businesses in October. On top of that, 9% more small business owners report needing to pay higher wages for the employees they can actually find. That figure is now 64% (up from 55% just last month). Add in the increased percentage of small businesses reporting that supplies are more expensive than they were...
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Gold had an interesting week, as the start of the fourth quarter draws in mixed reports, stemming from weak jobs reports, continued COVID-19 restrictions, record-high oil prices, supply chain bottleneck, and inflation. The Fed continues to give mix signals as to what policies they will implement to help curb inflation and give a substantial boost to the economy. Recently, the Fed’s Jerome Powell mentioned the possibility of tapering COVID era policies, but yet, we do not know what tapering measures will be implemented. Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Government SpendingIn Wash...
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When I was about five years old in the early 1980s, my dad brought home our first computer. Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more I’ll never forget it– it was an clunky IBM with a tiny, orange, monochromatic monitor, and dual floppy disks. It had 640 kilobytes of RAM, and no hard disk. I loved it. With that computer I learned how to program, how to navigate a command-line interface, how to design algorithms, and how to solve constant problems… because it was ridiculously buggy and would break down all the time. It was also painfully slow. The boot-up process could easily take an hou...
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Alignable’s September Hiring Poll is out today and shows that the labor shortage many industries have experienced this summer is only getting worse, due to the Delta variant surges. Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more An Escalating Labor ShortageIn a survey of 4,079 small business owners conducted from 8/15 to 9/13/21, 66% reported having a "very difficult" time finding the right employees to fill open roles, many of which are necessary to help them drive revenue and rebound. Given Delta surges and an escalating labor shortage, looking at the last three months, it's clear to see t...
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It’s official: QR codes are here to stay. Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more QR codes have emerged as a permanent tech fixture post Covid-19, and industry experts agree QR codes will replace physical menus. Furthermore, according to a recent customer survey Appetize ran that polled 2,081 customers, more than 74% Americans use their phone to order and pay for food and merchandise once a week. Renowned brands like Starbucks and Disney have adopted QR code mobile ordering because they increase safety and convenience, and they also make a great tool for tracking and targeting custome...
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Q3 2021 Small Business Confidence Index holds steady at a score of 45, the same index score from Q2 and down 8 points from Q3 2020 [soros] Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. and SAN MATEO, CA, August 10, 2021 — CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, and Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey), a leader in agile experience management, today announced the results of their quarterly CNBC/Momentive Small Business Survey. The third quarter survey finds small business owners grappling with higher costs and supply disruptions, and struggling to find qualified employees to f...
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Small businesses report hiring troubles as labor shortage grows Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Alignable’s July State Of Small Business Report has just been released today, based on responses from 5,911 small business owners polled from 7/2/21 to 7/19/21, as well as input from 635,000 businesses over the past 16 months. Key findings show increased optimism, revenues and customer counts, and a decrease in the negative effects of COVID. While that’s all welcome news, more businesses are struggling with escalating inflation and a growing labor shortage. Here are some highlights:...
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