«Small business
owners are optimistic about their ability to close the year strong and the outlook for the economy in the year ahead.
Small business
owners are optimistic by nature, but they don't need to go into the new year with blind faith.
But they are more conservative than men owners — 54 percent of men
owners are optimistic about their local economies and 58 percent are optimistic about the national economy, the survey found.
Mind you, more small business
owners are optimistic about the economy than pessimistic, most saying the reason being that they're growing or that they simply choose to be positive.
Business
owners are optimistic about the U.S. economy improving and want to grow their business, but they face significant hurdles in doing so, a new report shows.
Small - business
owners are optimistic about the next quarter, even while still mired in sluggish economic conditions, according to a new survey by payroll - processing firm SurePayroll.
The optimism survey found that fewer than 1 in 2 — or just 45 % — of small business
owners are optimistic, a sharp 15 - point drop from 60 % in August.
Although we've had two months of similar hiring and paycheck numbers, the SurePayroll small business owner optimism number plummeted 11 points, revealing that only 55 percent of business
owners are optimistic about the economy.
However, it's not just a case of cat
owners being optimistic and refusing to believe that their furry friends are at war
Not exact matches
Looking forward to 2012, the survey shows that small business
owners are very
optimistic about their business growth:
Despite the very real challenges that keep many small - business
owners cautious, a recent survey of the Women Presidents» Organizations» Zenith members reported that these women - owned businesses with annual revenues of at least $ 50 million
are more
optimistic than one might expect.
While there
were some winners in the report that could
be helping some of the business
owners who reported that they
are optimistic (non-trade business increased and equipment, software, structures and new construction spending rose), the media has concluded what business
owners have — without more jobs, we won't see increased spending.
This month 63 percent of small business
owners indicated they
're optimistic about the economy, versus last month's 57 percent.
And clearly, Canadian entrepreneurs aren't
optimistic for the future: a recent study from PROFIT magazine said that nearly 40 % of small business
owners think another recession will hit by the end of next year.
According to our SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard optimism survey, 70 % of small business
owners are feeling
optimistic about the economy.
«Our semi-annual checkup
is showing that business
owners in Canada
are in good health and
are more
optimistic than before,» said Steve Murphy, senior vice-president, commercial banking.
Meanwhile, a National Federation of Independent Business's report found that despite the anemic economy, business
owners across the U.S.
are cautiously
optimistic about their future as well.
With small business
owner sentiment remaining low (only 54 percent of business
owners reported to SurePayroll that they
are optimistic about the small business economy in August), I'd count on the latter to
be true.
Ahead of President Barack Obama's anticipated speech on the U.S. economy today, one survey shows that business
owners are feeling quite
optimistic on the topic.
Overall, small business
owners are more
optimistic about the economic recovery than the general population, which may
be a leading indicator of the future direction of overall consumer sentiment.
With the drawn - out uncertainty of election season behind us, we
were curious: how
optimistic are small - business
owners feeling right now?
More
optimistic owners like Southeastern, with its 8.5 percent stake, could
be in a position to force the price higher.
As Yahoo Finance reported recently, no matter the outcome, the gaming industry
is optimistic that change
is coming soon to America's stringent gambling laws, including because President Trump
is a former casino
owner.
Eighty percent of business
owners said they
are optimistic about the financial outlook of their businesses over the next 12 months, and 71 percent of business
owners said their businesses had improved over the last year.
An Index score of zero indicates that small business
owners, as a group,
are neutral — neither
optimistic nor pessimistic — about their companies» situations.
After years of persistent pessimism, marked by an economically dangerous downturn in business dynamism, small - business
owners are once again feeling
optimistic, taking productive risks and creating new jobs.
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'm optimistic this club will see the turnaround in fortune with trophies and will
be far better as a global football force when its in the capable hands of another
owner, chief exec and manager.
The fact that Huizenga owned the stadium and the television channel broadcasting the games helped buff that quite a bit, but the attendance
was disappointing when compared to the wildly
optimistic projections of an
owner who thought that fans would immediately flood the gates for a contending team.
At this point I
'm not cautiously
optimistic but, if we can't get the federal funds, as governor of this state, the state will step up but we will not leave those home
owners on their own.
The never - ending question about electric cars, of course,
is where and how to recharge them, but Tesla
is optimistic about its plans to allow
owners to do so easily with its Supercharging stations, which provide a full battery recharge in about 30 minutes and will allow Tesla drivers to travel from San Diego to Vancouver on the West Coast and from Miami to Boston on the East Coast.
Tesla's Supercharger network
is definitely at an advantage here, but Chevy
is extremely
optimistic and believes most Bolt
owners will charge it at home and only when necessary.
There
's another wildly
optimistic estimate that we see very often — That every iPhone
owner reads X books a year.
In CMBS, if the special servicer has no bias, or if a healthy insurer / bank holds the loan on balance sheet, you extend when you
are optimistic that this
is just a short - term difficulty with the property, and you think that the property
owner just needs a little more time in order to refinance the loan.
ETF
owners are generally more confident in their ability to make the right investment decisions (85 % vs. 72 % for non-ETF
owners) and
optimistic about their financial futures.
Given reports like these, there
is much reason for pet store
owners and operators to
be optimistic that holiday shoppers will ultimately prove unfettered by fallout from Election Day.
We have reason to
be optimistic, though: 56 % said the stereotypes about cats
are untrue, and 71 % of respondents said stigmas about cat
owners are outdated.
Andy Belcher, the expedition organizer and
owner of one of the only hotels in Juba,
is optimistic.
And we
're not the only ones feeling
optimistic; according to a recent Hartford survey, 70 percent of small business
owners actually feel successful, even as they face challenging conditions.
Even though they
're planning to hire, small business
owners aren't feeling that great about the future; as a whole, they
're actually less
optimistic than they
were earlier in the year.
«Obviously this legislation
is not Congress» highest priority but we
're very
optimistic,» says Jerry Brito of Coin Center, a group in Washington, D.C. that lobbies on behalf of cryptocurrency
owners.
Business
owners can
be optimistic about their own business and you might have
been led to believe it
was much more profitable than it really
is.
«Both of these Royal LePage
owners have worked tirelessly to create collaborative,
optimistic and growth focused cultures — it
is a wonderful match.»
The survey showed that 82 percent of
owners and 62 percent of renters
are optimistic about now
being a good time to buy, though renter optimism
is down slightly.
It
is not surprising to see that home
owners are slightly more
optimistic about the direction of home prices than real estate professionals and that neither group
is predicting a rise in home prices over the next six months.
We
're optimistic that this will have positive implications for thousands of home
owners.