Funeral Director Daily

Is private equity “hunting” Carriage Services

By Funeral Director Daily / September 3, 2024 /

  Last week we learned of an August 1, 2024, event which required the filing of a Securities and Exchange (SEC) Form 13G.  That event was the acquisition of more than 5.0% of the common stock of Carriage Services by an entity.   As you can see from this form, provided by the Carriage Services…

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Death Care Index rises on the year. . .still trails general indexes

By Funeral Director Daily / August 30, 2024 /

        Today marks the end of the financial markets for the first 2/3 of the calendar year 2024.  We figured that would be a good time to look at how the financial markets have treated those stocks that still remain in the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI).   We found…

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The “High Profile” funeral

By Funeral Director Daily / August 29, 2024 /

    I read this recent article from the Wall Street Journal titled “The Hottest Club in town is. . .Run by your credit-card company?”  I’m also pretty aware of the Berkshire Hathaway owned company NetJets.   After I read the Wall Street Journal article (that does have a paywall, but you can listen to…

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RFK, Jr. decision leads to “Kennedy Casket” story revival

By Funeral Director Daily / August 28, 2024 /

  Late last week Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. decided to drop his independent bid for President of the United States.  And, I’m guessing that “Google” searches on the Kennedys picked up.  At Funeral Director Daily we noticed an upsurge in an article that we originally produced in 2021 and ran again in 2023.  The 2023…

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Could American funeral homes survive a “Right to Disconnect” law?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 28, 2024 /

    It’s a common complaint almost everywhere. . . . . cell phones keep us connected to our work, and our bosses, more than most want to be.  Many people in today’s world long for a “work/life” balance. . . . . especially in professions like funeral directing which can be a 24/7 proposition…

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Start-up is producing biodegradable mushroom caskets for wholesale distribution

By Funeral Director Daily / August 27, 2024 /

    This article and news story video from Fox 43 of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, will introduce you to a small Franklin County, Pennsylvania, farm where owner Max Justice is on “a mission to bury the way we are buried”.  Justice’s farm is producing biodegradable caskets made from fungi, hemp, and mushroom mycellium.  By the time…

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Selected Educational Trust announces Tribute Technology to match donations

By Funeral Director Daily / August 26, 2024 /

          In a press release received last week the Selected Educational Trust announced that Tribute Technology “has issued a matching gift challenge to donors to the Selected Educational Trust.  Now throught September 30, Tribute Technology will match dollar-for dollar all gifts made to the Trust up to a total of $10,000″.…

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“Place” is very important

By Funeral Director Daily / August 26, 2024 /

    Earlier in August I came across this feature article titled “One of Oregon’s most prominent families appears to want another family’s burial plot” from Willamette Weekly of Oregon about a disagreement in ownership of grave lots involving two families.  And, Service Corporation International (SCI) as the cemetery owner finds themselves right in the…

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Court rules that Non-Compete ban cannot be implemented

By Funeral Director Daily / August 23, 2024 /

    Back in April Funeral Director Daily brought you this article which was titled “Federal Trade Commission bans non-compete agreements”.  The article went on to explain that the Federal Trade Commission made this decision as a regulatory agency and explained the upcoming results of the decision like this:   “This is a comprehensive ban…

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These people can help you with “Creativity”

By Funeral Director Daily / August 22, 2024 /

  Earlier in August Funeral Director Daily penned an article about being “creative” in your work about memorializing those who you are entrusted to care for.  The article, which you can read here, went so far as to start considering the room where you discuss situations with families that you are serving as the “Creative…

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