I mentioned opportunity at the end of my last post. Let’s expand on that. As we navigate through what is proving to be an extremely “different” business environment, I am reminded of a local planning board meeting I attended a few years ago. Under discussion was a recent blight of failed businesses, and some empty buildings on the… Read More »
Every year, I do a Fletch Predicts post in January, and this year was no different. But then Covid-19 hit, and threw pretty much everyone’s predictions for the year out the window. So I’d like a re-do. Here we go: I won’t predict sports winners, because at this writing, nobody knows if anything will resume. I’m a big… Read More »
Every spring, I do a “hot and not in equipment financing” series of posts. And since I’ve always done it, I will do it in 2020 as well. That said, it does feel strange doing this in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. So it’s with an addendum: I’ll talk about a few industries that are doing well… Read More »
My last post mentioned a new type of equipment financing customer we are seeing: the company that used to pay cash for everything who is now starting to finance equipment purchases. And they are doing this to keep their own money safely in the bank while they make monthly payments on equipment. So now, I will ask once… Read More »
As I write this, we’re right in the middle of the COVID-19… crisis? Situation? Quarantine? Whatever you want to call it, we’re all living it. Predictably, a lot of business activity has paused. With many businesses forced to shut down for a few weeks, it’s only normal that some companies put expansion or improvements on hold for a… Read More »