Let’s hit it Quick!
Here are your Quick Hits:
51% Of Small Businesses Unable To Fill All Job Openings
- In talking with a lot of my advisors – finding good employees seems to be a common issue. Well you aren’t alone!
- “…far above the historical average of 22% in the 47 years it has been gathering employment data.
- “The difficulty in filling open jobs has prompted 42% of the small business owners surveyed to raise pay and 30% say they plan to increase compensation in the next three months.”
An SEC Rule Was Meant to Protect Individual Investors. Chaos Ensued.
- One more example on how the individual investor is at a disadvantage to the institutions.
- “That’s because a rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission went into effect at the end of September, generally preventing brokers from providing public price quotations on securities issued by companies that don’t release current financial information.”
- “There’s a chance the regulation might protect small investors from fraud, but it was half-baked. The result is pandemonium. Small investors are enraged and professionals are trading what those individuals no longer can.”
Leadership interviews with John Maxwell:
- These two interviews with John Maxwell were super impactful with me this past month on change and leadership.
- Business of Advice Podcast – Grow your Influence
- Business Made Simple – The proven Steps You need to create change
Pension Funds Pile on Risk Just to Get a Reasonable Return
Random but fascinating – Man turns paper clip into house
- It took Kyle exactly a year of 14 internet trades to move from the paper clip to a house on Main Street in the tiny town of Kipling in Saskatchewan province
