February 2023
Issue 104
"The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances."

Andrew J Bernstein
American philosopher and proponent of Objectivism
Overcoming Financial Stress
Bankrate.com’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll found that the U.S. economy has a 65% chance of contracting in 2023. However, two experts (or 15%) said that the financial system could avoid a downturn, putting the odds of a recession at 40%. Meanwhile, one economist arrived at 100% odds—signifying he was absolutely sure a recession would occur.

These types of predictions are scary and significantly affect how people make their economic decisions. Norman Vincent Peale wrote a book about The Power of Positive Thinking which is a practical guide to mastering the problems of everyday living. However, converse to overcoming problems, some experts say that the “positive” belief a recession is inevitable stimulates people to react in such a way as to cause a recession.
 
In the American Psychological Association’s 2022 Stress in America Survey, 87% of people who responded listed inflation as a source of significant stress. The rise in prices for everything from fuel to food has people from all backgrounds worried. The researchers say no other issue has caused this much stress since the survey began in 2007.

Psychologists explain that when money and financial concerns cause ongoing stress in your life, you could eventually experience some anxiety. This anxiety can, in turn, negatively impact your quality of life and the family and friends around you. And, like dominos falling, stress can also cause a loss of focus and creativity, impacting your business and leading to poor decisions.

If you own or manage the finances of a business, the stress could bleed over into your personal life as well. While financial problems don’t disappear overnight, the stress it causes can be managed by incorporating the following tactics.


Business Finance Corporation Is Still Working

Like you, our team is working remotely and on limited hours, but we are still available to help you with your business finances during this trying time. Call us at 702-947-3800, if we don’t answer the phone right away, please leave a message and we WILL get back to you. Or contact us through our website at https://bfc.vegas/.
Questions and Answers
Q
Does BFC factor receivables that are based on cryptocurrency funds.?

A
While there may be companies that would or are factoring cryptocurrency receivables, the crypto space is too fraught with uncertainty for most factoring companies to create a business model. Since factoring is the purchasing of invoices or receivables at a discount, the factoring model is based on the certainty of the value of a receivable, not just at purchase but over the time between purchase and receipt of payment. Since crypto currencies’ values fluctuate, sometimes significantly, even the major currencies, it would be difficult for a factor to be assured that they would receive their purchase cost back. 




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Featured Charity

Each March, people celebrate St. Patrick’s day with a green beer and an Irish toast. But some people go a step further by shaving their heads to support the thousands of children who have cancer. No hospital monopolizes good ideas, and St. Baldrick’s funds the most promising research—no matter where it happens.

In Las Vegas, with ten events and over 150 teams raising money to support childhood cancer research, your neighbor or office co-worker might be on one of those teams. To find a team and donate, click here.

You can also go to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation website https://www.stbaldricks.org/ and give a general donation. Join us and Give Kids a Lifetime. 
Green Tip

When marketing to clients, it is important to understand that 66% of the population makes choices about products and services based on environmental impact.

LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) individuals make up 19% of the consumer base. These individuals are the most active and dedicated to supporting sustainable companies and products. They are also the individuals that you see protesting on the front lines for sustainability.

Naturals are individuals who make up 17% of the consumer base and, as the name implies, will consciously choose sustainable based products, even if the price point is a little higher.

Drifters make up 30% of the consumers and will purchase sustainable products if the option is available and they feel that the product performs as well, and the price point is not out of line.

The other two categories, Conventionals (24%) and Unconcerned (10%), don't take sustainability into consideration when choosing a product or company.

For more information on sustainability and being green, go to "Marketing Your Green Side" by Craig A. Ruark.
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