The recent sale of Oakland Mall in Troy for an undisclosed price continues the trend in sales of shopping malls in the metropolitan Detroit area. Declining market values and outstanding debt far exceeding the current values for many shopping malls… Continue Reading  

Thinking about how to grow your company? ………..Did you know there is a 50% chance that companies pursuing M&A deals will underperform industry peers? Scary odds.  What can you do to improve your chances of success? Our recent experience suggests… Continue Reading  

Inflation rose to a 7.9% annual rate in February. It’s the highest it’s been in 40 years. Higher prices for energy, groceries and eating out at restaurants helped push up that inflationary reading. Economists also expect further price increases associated… Continue Reading  

The M&A market picked up steam in the world of E-Sports and gaming. In the first quarter of 2022 we witnessed two mega-deals get announced with the acquisition of Zynga, a mobile game developer by Take-Two Interactive, one of the… Continue Reading  

Do you know this economic event generates more than $1,000,000,000 of economic activity? It ranges from TV ad sales, chicken wings, ticket sales, online gambling. As much as we all know, there’s a lot of madness going on in the… Continue Reading  

Today’s forefront topic is on cryptocurrency and its growing acceptance in the market and more specifically, in investors’ portfolios. With rising inflation and a most recent high inflation percentage of 7.5 in January, Americans may be concerned and are seeing… Continue Reading  

FOREFRONT FRIDAY: Are the Detroit Tigers going to start their baseball season on time? Patrick O’Keefe takes a minute to break down the current MLB Negotiations and explain what’s going on right now with the lockout.

Although the Ambassador Bridge is now open, the recent closure of the bridge has received international attention. And rightfully so. The Ambassador Bridge accounts for approximately 25% of all trade between Canada and the United States, and it is a… Continue Reading  

FOREFRONT FRIDAY: Patrick O’Keefe breaks down the Big Game numbers from an economic impact standpoint.

FOREFRONT FRIDAY: With the Super Bowl, right around the corner next week, we thought it would be extremely relevant to discuss the sports betting landscape from a business perspective. Mark Twain once said “The more things are forbidden, the more… Continue Reading