by jhaley | Mar 26, 2015 | Home Improvement
If you are a home improvement contractor, it is fair to say that you are a fan of growth. We’re all a bit like kids at lunch comparing desserts – bigger is better, more dessert is superior to less dessert. In banking circles, we compare ourselves to one...
by jhaley | Jan 26, 2015 | Finance
Markets change. After long periods of stability, one or more entrepreneurial disrupters enters the market and puts its stamp on an industry. Some of the old guard will fade away, some will adapt, and the new guard will take control. Eventually, after some time passes,...
by jhaley | Dec 11, 2014 | Home Improvement
If you were a fly on the wall in our offices, you’d hear the word fit somewhat regularly. Sometimes, it’s because we’re talking about how we wish we exercised more, e.g., “I sure wish I were more fit!” Most of the time, however,...
by jhaley | Dec 4, 2014 | Finance
If you have younger kids, you may have seen the TV show Word Girl. One of the villainous characters is called Lady Redundant Woman. Lady Redundant Woman obtained the powers of duplication when she was fused with a copy machine. As you might expect, she often speaks in...
by jhaley | Dec 3, 2014 | Finance
We’ve been silent for awhile on the subject of lending discrimination and the CFPB, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the lending world stopped talking about it. Today, for example, Toyota Credit announced that it has been accused of discrimination by the...