Category Archives: lending

What’s Likely in 2018

Well, if you’re like us, you’re probably glad 2017 is over. Five months on the binnacle list is enough, thank you. But, it’s on to 2018. What do we see? Continued easing of regulations at the federal level. And at … Continue reading

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Tax Reform

Now that Johnny Mac has blown the healthcare reform out of the water until the next Congress, we can get back to subjects we’re more comfortable with on business. The next order of business for the Washington Wizards is tax … Continue reading

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Trump Shakeout: Immigration, Lending

Well, we’ve had five months of the Donald, and, aside from angst among the establishment, I think things are going pretty well. The Trump Bump in growth is happening. We don’t have a healthcare plan or  tax cuts yet, but we … Continue reading

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Trump Bump 2

OK, here we go, America. We’d still like to see tax cuts before Obamacare reform (we’ve provided some ideas to Trump), because we think a little profit bump will help more companies than Obamacare changes help consumers, but who knows? … Continue reading

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Bravo Soros (sort of)

The Wall Street Journal had an article by George Soros entitled ‘Why I’m Inventing $500 Million in Migrants’ today, and it’s sort of interesting. No, Soros didn’t promise to pay $500 million in resettlement costs. After the usual blather about … Continue reading

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Get That Loan!

We don’t think it’s a secret that banks aren’t lending to small business. Those over 50 employees probably have their needs satisfied. Out of our twenty or so Solutions Forum clients here in Arizona, only two of them even have … Continue reading

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