That is per the Biloxi Manufactured Housing Show (Biloxi Show) official web blurb.
A few weeks ago, MHProNews reported that the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show had been cancelled. We asked the question at the time, will the Biloxi Show be cancelled too?
The short answer is “yes.” The Biloxi Show has been scrubbed until sometime in 2022, says their website.
“The organizers for the new Biloxi Manufactured Housing Show have opted to put off the event until it can be safely held in 2022. Dates to be announced,” is their notice.
The show’s cancellation perhaps should not be blamed per se on Bill Gates, but the timing following Gates interview with Jake Tapper on CNN on 12.13.2020 is worth noting. Gates said during the video interview that it may be 2022 before life begins to return to normal. Gates thinks restaurants and bars “sadly” should be kept closed, perhaps for the next 4 to 6 months. Did he seem sympathetic or empathetic as he said that?
Several governors in blue states, and some red states too, are apparently taking heed. Never mind that the thousands of medical experts in the Great Barrington Declaration disagree with the strategy of mass lockdowns.
COVID19 Shutdowns! “The Great Barrington Declaration,” SCOTUS Constitutional Rights Ruling
The ability of several mainstream media talking heads to make Gates and the Gates Foundation sound so altruistic is remarkable. There is no hint in the video interview above that the pandemic is making Gates and others in the Oligarchic Dozen far wealthier than they were pre-COVID19.
Without directly weighing in on the Biloxi Show decision, it is worth noting that some plant shows have been reported to have taken place. That contrast is worth noting between shuttering the two big wholesale show events, while individual plant shows are occurring? That may be worth exploring another time.
The outlook for small businesses, per the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is grim. That and more on Gates will be our featured focus for this evening.
That will be our featured focus for tonight. For new readers, the featured focus follows thought provoking quotable quotes, today’s left-right headline recap, and two of the three market snapshots at the closing bell today. The manufactured housing market summary of publicly traded equities at the close today follow the featured focus and the linked recent/related reports.
Quotes That Shed Light – American Social, Industry, National Issues…
Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business
- $4.2 billion giveaway
- Jeff Bezos (L) and MacKenzie Bezos attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
- MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) just made a massive donation spread over 384 organizations
- Exxon is in crisis. Angry shareholders are rebelling
- Why Biden might follow Trump’s lead when it comes to the Fed
- Europe threatens to break up Big Tech if it doesn’t play by new rules
- India iPhone factory vandalized after workers claim they weren’t paid
- Pre-pandemic, he could afford steak. Now he can afford McDonald’s
- OPINION There’s a reason to be bullish on stocks in 2021, too
- Everything is different in 2020, including your performance review
- Reebok missed out on the sportswear boom. Now Adidas may sell it
- Whodunnit group video game Among Us arrives on Nintendo Switch
- Classic luxury car brands are staging million-dollar comebacks
- Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera tells Trump to stand down: ‘It’s over’
- Anna Wintour has long reigned supreme at Condé Nast. Now it’s official
- Mortgage rates drop once again, still below 3%
- Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric SUV is awesome, but Tesla still has one big advantage
- America’s CEOs have advice for Biden’s long road ahead
- Pornhub removes a majority of its videos after investigation reveals child abuse
- MARKETS
- THE NEW NORMAL
- FUERSTENWALDE, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 03: Tesla head Elon Musk arrives to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020 near Gruenheide, Germany. Musk is currently in Germany where he met with vaccine maker CureVac on Tuesday, with which Tesla has a cooperation to build devices for producing RNA vaccines, as well as German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier yesterday.
- Elon Musk is leaving Silicon Valley for Texas. These companies are joining him
- Google won’t return to the office until September
- Why the video game boom is here to stay
- Automakers are still cranking out masks and other PPE
- The Covid Divide: The pandemic has plunged some into poverty, and boosted savings for others
- ON THE JOB IN A PANDEMIC
- This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. On Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, Pfizer said an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19.
- What to know if your employer wants you to get vaccinated for Covid
- How to manage people you’ve never even met
- Meet the pandemic-friendly office holiday shindig
- What you need to know about WFH forever
- Switching careers during the pandemic
Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax
- McConnell Urged GOP Senators Not to Object When Congress Ratifies Presidential Votes
- McConnell is already under conservative fire for referring to Joe Biden as “president-elect” after Monday’s Electoral College results favored the Democrat.
- Election 2020
- McLaughlin Poll: Majority See Vote Fraud as National Problem
- Facebook Set to Start Allowing Ads Targeting Georgia Voters
- McConnell’s Congrats to Biden Spark Backlash
- Mitt Romney Urges Trump to ‘Move On’ From Election |
- Trump Retweets Call to ‘Jail’ Georgia GOP Governor, Secretary of State
- Trump Touts Report on Rigged Michigan Vote
- Van Drew Rejects Push to Remove Republicans Over Texas Lawsuit
- Audit Finds Mich. County’s Dominion Voting Was Rigged to Create Fraud
- The Trump Presidency
- Barr’s Exit Leaves Rosen Running Trump’s Justice Department
- Woman Accused of Sending Trump Ricin Charged in Texas
- US: Monarch Butterflies Deserve Protection, but Must Wait in Line
- Tony Pham Stepping Down as Acting ICE Director
- Gizzi: Barr Was a Hero to Conservatives
- Mnuchin Rules Out Freeing Fannie-Freddie
- Democrats Resigned to Dropping Local Aid in COVID-19 Bill
- Dominion Chief Decries ‘Disinformation Campaign’
- Finance
- Buffett: US Fighting ‘Economic War,’ Small Businesses Need Help
- Warren Buffett said on Tuesday the United States is fighting an “economic war,” and that Congress must step up to help struggling small businesses that have become “collateral damage” from the coronavirus pandemic. [Full Story]
- China’s IPO Haul From US, at Home Hits Record $129B
- FDIC Eases Way for Amazon, Facebook to Become Lenders
- BofA: Sell Stocks as Overconfident Investors Dump Cash
- Cities Save Hotels, Arenas From Bond Defaults After Pandemic Hit
Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…
Featured Focus –
Where Business, Politics and Investing Can Meet
Newsmax and Thompson Reuters reported today that most small business owners in the United States think the worst of COVID19 pandemic is still ahead. About half of small business owners, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, are saying their operations could permanently close within a year unless the business environment improves.
A new U.S. Chamber-MetLife poll of small businesses taken from Oct. 30-Nov. 10 showed that 74% of the owners said they need further government assistance to weather the pandemic. That percentage rises to 81% for minority-owned businesses.
The quarterly poll found that the 62% of small business owners fear that the worst is still to come with COVID-19’s economic impact. Only 40% said they believe their small businesses can operate indefinitely during the current business environment.
The U.S. Chamber website shows another survey too.
And yet another study, the UPS Store’s Small Biz Buzz survey, shows 41% of small businesses recently changed or pivoted their businesses, taking the following actions:
- 65% doing more business online.
- 28% shifting to e-commerce.
- 15% offering curbside delivery.
“We must ensure small businesses across the country receive the assistance they need from the federal government,” said Neil Bradley, the Chamber’s chief policy officer. “Not passing the bipartisan compromise for temporary and targeted relief risks the permanent loss of tens of thousands of small businesses, financial hardship for millions of Americans, and unnecessary delays in combating the pandemic.”
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are still negotiating over a new coronavirus relief package. There are reasons to think that lawmakers may not be willing to go home for a Christmas break until a deal gets done.
Bradley said the quarterly survey found that 14% of small businesses are currently planning to cut staff, up from 9% in July and September. Staff reduction plans are back up to the 13% level that the survey saw in April during the pandemic’s first peak, he said.
The first COVID-19 vaccines began to be distributed to healthcare workers this week. With the death toll at 300,000, and Gates saying it could rise by another 200,000 in the U.S., the fear factor for many remains high.
But as some have argued, hospital capacity is not stressed in many locales. The risk is relatively low, the recovery rate is high for most who don’t have co-morbidities.
The U.S. Chamber is often seen as more big business friendly than small business focused. So, recent reports from pro-independent and small business trade groups are linked above and below.
For those not familiar with the 2020 history of Gates and the pandemic, see the report linked below.
To see the manufactured housing equities snapshot at the close today, scroll beyond the linked recent and related reports.
Related, Recent, and Read Hot Reports
Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Closing Equities Tickers
Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.
- NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
- NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
Fall 2020…
Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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