Driving into to work this morning, I was listening to CNBC’s Squawk Box which, on this particular morning, featured a well-respected financial advisor providing his long term insights on the economy and equity markets. To summarize, he projects tepid GDP growth for the next several years and by extension, believes this will correlate with modest [...]
A Glimmer of Sunshine
I have become a bit fatigued with the stream of bad economic news (European debt crisis, fiscal deficits, blah, blah, blah) seemingly taking permanent residence in the Wall Street Journal. Consequently, I am choosing to start this macro-economic perspective with a little bit of sunshine by reminding ourselves the commercial climate isn’t all that bad. [...]
MCM Acquires Zinkan Enterprises Inc.
MCM Announces Acquisition of Zinkan Enterprises CLEVELAND, OHIO – MCM Capital Partners (“MCM”), is pleased to announce its investment to fund the majority recapitalization of Zinkan Enterprises Inc., a manufacturer and value added distributor of specialty chemicals serving mining, industrial and commercial customers. Senior financing was provided by Key Bank. Founded in 1982, Zinkan, headquartered [...]
Happy Halloween From the MCM MC’s
MCM Capital would like to thank each and everyone of you for taking the time to read our blog and post very insightful comments over the last year and half. We hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as we have enjoyed writing them and hope they have been both informative and interesting for [...]
Re-thinking Referral Marketing
Referral marketing is sometimes considered one of the simplest and least glamorous types of marketing. However, when utilized correctly it can result in remarkably high close rates with an extraordinarily high return on investments. The internet and social media outlets, where communication travels freely (and instantly), is forcing companies to re-think how they utilize this [...]