Invest on the Cheap. Bill Mann wonders why companies aren’t using the weak economy to invest in their futures. [The Motley Fool]
A weak economy may be a difficult time to grow sales, but it’s a perfect time for investments in resource efficiency — for example, low risk, high return investments in energy efficiency that deliver real dollars to the bottom line — as well as in the strategies that can position you to come out of the gate strongly, once the gate pops open.