With the 2020 election around the corner, we thought it would be helpful to outline the presidential candidates’ tax proposals. While it is difficult to determine which policy initiatives either candidate will eventually pursue, we will continue to monitor and keep you informed of developments to both plans. Please click here to read more.
Canal Capital Management is pleased to announce that we have been selected to the Inc. 5000 list for 2020, our third year in a row. This is an annual ranking that consists of the fastest growing private companies in America. Canal came in ranked at number 4,227, and was one of only 31 Richmond businesses included on the list.
How the 2020 Inc. 5000 Companies Were Selected
Companies on the 2020 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2016 to 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent–not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies–as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, some on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2016 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
Note: Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to two decimal places. In the case of ties, the companies with more revenue were placed higher.
After the S&P 500’s worst first quarter on record, the stock market made history with an unprecedented recovery, taking many investors and prognosticators by surprise. Following the market lows reached on March 23rd, the S&P 500 was up 38% through the end of the 2nd quarter, marking one of the sharpest rallies over the past 100 years. The rally was not only monumental given the total return in just 3 months, but there was also 29 trading days (out of 70) that were up over 1%.
With assurance from Chairman Powell that “we will not run out ammunition”, along with optimism that coordinated and focused scientific research would eventually lead to a vaccine (WHO reported there are more than 100 vaccine candidates and over 20 in clinical trials), investors started to look past the pandemic and forward to an economic recovery.
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We spent many hours at the end of 2019 looking at all the potential risks in the economy and markets and nowhere did we find a global pandemic caused by a bat in China. This quarter was the worst performing 1st quarter in history with the S&P 500 down 35% on March 23rd, before rallying to close the quarter down 20%. It took only 18 trading days to go from the greatest market in history to a bear market. There was no discrimination in the decline as nearly all companies suffered significant declines, regardless of their health and growth prospects. Unless we are going into a depression, we believe that much of the bad news has now been priced into stocks. However, a market bottom is typically a process and not an event. The coming months will tell us more about this recovery as the duration will dictate its shape: V, U or L.
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As a follow up to our overview of The CARES Act sent last week, the third Federal stimulus bill in response to COVID-19, I wanted to provide you with a quick update on additional guidance recently issued on the two key SBA loan programs available to business owners: the Payroll Protection Program (this is the program that will issue forgivable loans and every business owner should know about) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
The Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”)
If we can help with the average monthly payroll calculations, or working through the requirements of maintaining your pre-COVID-19 payroll and/or reinstating terminated employees to meet this test, please let us know.
Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”)
As additional guidance is issued we will continue to keep you updated.