Warren Buffett has always said his favorite holding period is forever. His deepening commitment to Japan’s trading houses is starting to look like exactly that. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) (BRK.A) quietly crossed the 10% ownership threshold Read more…
When Americans look to save money, cutting down on restaurant dining tends to be one of the first cuts. It’s easier to replace a meal at a restaurant with eating at home, than making the Read more…
Fried chicken restaurants were the most popular subsector of the fast-food industry in 2025 as traffic to chicken dining establishments rose by 3% for the year ending September 2025. Traffic to all other fast-food concepts Read more…
Harley-Davidson’s new CEO wants to transform how people think about the iconic motorcycle brand, so the company is trying something different. This week, Harley announced a new strategy that focuses on lower-priced bikes, rather than Read more…
The surprisingly stable April jobs report just made incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s cues from the White House to slash interest rates next month a good deal more difficult to execute. Despite rising energy Read more…
Rate cuts? Rate hikes? Another pause? Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said all these options over interest-rate policy are on the table at the central bank right now. “I don’t see how Read more…
Nvidia (NVDA) is a semiconductor giant and artificial intelligence king. It makes GPUs, CPUs, AI inference accelerators, and networking solutions (which are becoming increasingly more important). The company divides its revenue sources into five end Read more…
It would be more than fair to say that a lot of Americans are feeling financially squeezed these days. Inflation rose 3.3% annually in March in the wake of the Iran conflict, according to the Read more…
Gas prices above $4 a gallon tend to reshape spending priorities, and millions of Americans are reworking their budgets as a result. The consumer price index jumped to 3.3% year over year in March 2026, Read more…
Diners have always turned to fast-food chains for wallet-friendly options, but as the affordability crisis continues, value menus have become increasingly important to consumers. Value menus are the top factor diners look for when deciding Read more…