RIFC 50 Index 4Q Report Available

Although the fourth quarter performance for the RIFC 50 Index was slightly down, the index finished the full year with a 5.4% gain overall, propelled by a strong performance by the lodging sector.

Developed and published by UNH’s Rosenberg International Franchise Center (RIFC), the RIFC 50 Index is the first stock index to track the financial market performance of the U.S. franchising sector. It’s a stock portfolio comprised of 50 U.S. public franchising companies representative of the U.S. business format franchising sector. Dr. Hachemi Aliouche’s quarterly reports offer a succinct look at the best and worst performers from among the 50 franchise businesses in the portfolio, and the business reasons that may have contributed to their rise or fall in the quarterly ranking.

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