Afternoon Edition
I have to admit the subject kind of crept up on me faster than I thought because I had wanted to do a full-blown article on the value of the Mentor/Mentee relationship prior to this notice. . . .But, like a lot of things in my life – it didn’t get done in…
Yesterday Funeral Director Daily’s feature article was about Matthews International and its 1st Quarter 2025 Fiscal Year results press release. As we digested that report, which like many public company reports, is big on numbers and sometimes small on the underlying issues and causes, we were informed that Matthews International had suffered a…
Last Monday China shook the financial markets by unveiling that their Aritificial Intelligence capabilities from a company called “DeepSeek” seemed to be further along in developing AI than American counterparts such as Nvidia. . . and doing so with a less expensive model. That moved the financial markets among AI developers such as…
This morning I read the edition of “Wall Street Breakfast” from Seeking Alpha and it gave very good information on the pros and cons of the “Trump Tariffs”. Since I wrote on the that issue and its possible effects on the Death Care profession/industry in this morning’s edition, I thought I would send…
This article from North Country Now of New York announces the acquisition of the Green Funeral Home of Gouverneur, New York, by the Frary Funeral Home. From the company’s website which you can access here, it appears that the Gouverneur location will be the 6th location operated by Frary. The article from…
Okay. . . I’m generally not one to toot my own horn, but I did promise my friend Charis Rethorford, Head of Partnerships and Marketing at Prelude, that I would appear on one of their Zoom webinars to discuss the state of the funeral profession, as I see it, with her. If you…
I’ve been around long enough to see many people call themselves a “Leader”. Some of those people are and some aren’t. I’ve also been around long enough to recognize a “True Leader” when they are in my midst. And, tomorrow night those of you who tune in for the Cremation Association of…
We found a recent investment article by Seeking Alpha author Daniel Jones that was published on Sunday, January 12. When you are in this business as I have been for over 40 years, it is always interesting to see what others have to say about the investment opportunities available in the business’ public…
An article that was about a pilot program in America’s Veterans Administration (VA) cemeteries proved to be the most read article in the past thirty days on Funeral Director Daily. The article dealt with this press release sent out by the Veterans Administration in late November. The press release noted “the U.S. Department…
Funeral Director Daily learned earlier in December that Carriage Services was ranked among the Best Small Business Companies in America for 2024. In a press release that you can read here, it was announced that Forbes recognized Carriage Services as its #33 company on its list of “Most Successful Small Companies” for 2024. …
