FINANCING FOR TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES

March 1st at 11:22pm

The transportation sector is a category of companies that provide services moving people, goods, or the infrastructure to do so. The transportation industry group consists of several industries including air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure. These industries are further broken down into the sub-industries air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, railroads, trucking, airport services, highways and rail tracks, and marine ports and services. The performance of companies in the transportation industry is highly sensitive to fluctuations in company earnings and the price of transportation services. Main factors affecting company earnings include fuel costs, labor…

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IS THE STOCK MARKET GOOD FOR MY RETIREMENT?

February 15th at 10:54pm

Every entrepreneur and business person should consider a plan for retirement. The stock market is one of those options that can be part of that plan. Stocks historically have produced long-term gains that are bigger than those of any other asset class. Since 1926, large stocks have returned an average of 10% per year. What’s more, they didn’t lose ground during any period of 20 years or longer during that time. Those qualities make stocks much more appealing for long-term savings than, say, Treasury bonds (which have had about 5.6% average annual gains since 1926) or stashing cash under your…

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