Funeral Director Daily
While it is all anecdotal on my part, what I’ve seen lately leads me to believe that there is plenty of money in circulation looking for investment and that some of that money will end up going into the Death Care sphere. I’ve noticed it for the last year by having private equity…
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Wreaths Across America, the non-profit organization that works with volunteers and over 4,800 cemetery locations to place wreaths on our honored veterans graves has its matching donation program in place through today where your donation can be matched by corporate companies Jersey Mike’s Subs and Norfolk Southern. For each $17 wreath donated, Jersey Mike’s…
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Today is December 2 and we are into the last month of 2024. If you are involved in investments — and virtually everybody in this day and age of 401k’s, IRA’s, 529 Plans, and the like is – you have to admit it’s been a pretty good year. And finally, it has even…
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It’s funny how when you get older and more mature that certain situations and happenings bring back a forgotten remembrance to you. Today’s article is the result of one of those memories. It’s the day after Thanksgiving and, because of that timing, I’m guessing that not too many will open and read…
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Editor’s Note: It was in the middle of America’s Civil War, the year 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln decided that Americans should give “Thanks” for the blessings bestowed upon them. . . Even during this dire time when citizens where fighting against fellow citizens. . . and brothers against brothers. It was…
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You’re a funeral home or cemetery owner/operator and you are in the final stages of planning that 2025 business budget. If you have loans for livery vehicles or building improvements that are either adjustable or coming due in 2025 what can you reasonably expect for interest rates on those loans going forward? …
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Titan Casket, the business to consumer national casket company has introduced what they term their “Mystery Casket” for sale through Cyber Monday. According to this release from Business Wire, Titan’s Mystery Casket will be sold to consumers through Cyber Monday for $1,199 — the release notes that is a 60% discount when compared…
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It didn’t take long for an investment advisor to get a take on what they think about Matthews International’s 4Q Earnings Report of last week. The article from Seeking Alpha’s contributer Valkyrie Trading Society is titled, “Matthews International: Signs of Deleveraging and Margin Improvement”. You can access the article here. Here’s a short…
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Matthews International, which provides memorialization products and cremation solutions among its multi-faceted business segments announced their Fiscal 4th Quarter and Fiscal Year End results last Thursday. Matthews operates on a fiscal year that ends on September 30 of each year. While the company had some positive attributes for the quarter such as…
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A few days ago I came across this article from Great Britain’s newspaper, The Telegraph. The headline was intriguing to a person like me who worked in Death Care, so I continued to read the article. Turns out that the article was an obituary news article of sorts dealing with the life and…
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