Category: Investing

Investing T-Mobile Hikes Another Monthly Fee — What Small Biz Owners Should Know T-Mobile is raising its Regulatory Programs & Telco Recovery Fee, adding to a string of recent fee hikes. For small business owners rely… Sep 30, 2026

Investing Consumer Confidence Takes a Sharp Turn Ahead of the Holiday Season The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped 6.7 points to 81.9 in September, with Americans turning negative on current busines… Sep 30, 2026

Investing Gold and silver slide as 10-year Treasury yield tops 5.2% Precious metals fell sharply after the 10-year Treasury yield climbed above 5.2%, widening the gap between what metals pay and what bonds pa… Sep 30, 2026

Investing Meta’s $8.9B Drop Shows the AI Bill Coming Due for Every Business Meta shares fell 4% after Goldman Sachs warned that AI spenders need roughly $300 billion in annual AI revenue just to break even. Zuckerber… Sep 30, 2026

Investing 35-Year-Old Mexican Chain Shuts Bay Area Location, Exits Key Market Dos Coyotes Border Cafe closed its last San Francisco Bay Area restaurant, joining a wave of Mexican dining chains shrinking footprints or l… Sep 30, 2026

Investing Municipal Bond Market Selloff Tests Small-Business Portfolios Muni bonds are under pressure, creating ripple effects for small business owners who rely on tax-exempt fixed income for cash management and… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Royce Small-Cap Fund Q2 2026: What Small-Cap Trends Mean for Main Street Operators Royce Small-Cap Fund's Q2 2026 commentary offers a window into how professional investors view the small-business economy. For operators, th… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Saudi Arabia Resumes Red Sea Oil Exports, Easing Supply Concerns Saudi Aramco has restarted Red Sea oil exports via pipeline at roughly 3.5 million barrels a day, a move that could stabilize global crude p… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Walmart and Target’s Beauty Battle Signals Retail’s Premium Pivot Walmart and Target are aggressively expanding premium beauty assortments and in-store experiences, blurring lines between mass and prestige… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Airlines Push Higher Fares as Fuel Costs Bite Major carriers like United and American are raising fares and baggage fees to offset billions in added jet fuel costs. United reports broad… Sep 29, 2026

Investing What Washington’s Deregulation Scorecard Actually Means for Your Operating Costs The White House claims a 10-to-1 deregulation ratio, but the real question for operators is whether compliance costs are actually falling. A… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Buffett’s Inflation Warning: What a Weaker Dollar Means for Small Business Owners Warren Buffett used his final shareholder meeting to flag currency risk as deficits and debt climb. For small business owners, the message i… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Cinnamon Recall Hits NJ Grocery Shelves Over Lead Risk A ground cinnamon product sold in New Jersey and five other states is being recalled after testing found elevated lead levels. The recall af… Sep 29, 2026

Investing McDonald’s Bets Big on AI to Slash 50 Labor Hours Weekly McDonald's new ArchIQ system uses AI to handle ordering, inventory, and scheduling—cutting 50 labor hours per restaurant weekly. As labor co… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Relaxed Fuel Economy Rules Could Save Automakers Billions The Trump administration has rolled back Biden-era fuel economy standards, a move Ford estimates will save it $1 billion annually in potenti… Sep 29, 2026

Investing Oracle’s AI Boom Is Being Financed on Borrowed Time Oracle's cloud and AI numbers look explosive, but record capital spending, negative free cash flow, and rising borrowing costs reveal how fr… Sep 28, 2026

Investing GMO’s Quarterly Letter Flags a Coming Break in the AI Bubble GMO's Q2 2026 letter argues that AI-driven market exuberance has reached unsustainable levels and identifies potential catalysts for a corre… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Inflation Watch: What Wednesday’s PCE Report Means for Small Business Owners With PCE data due Wednesday, small business owners should pay attention to what inflation trends signal for pricing decisions, borrowing cos… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Bill Gates Sounds the Alarm: AI Could Kill a Billion People After 50 years of tech optimism, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates now warns that AI in the wrong hands could kill a billion people and is cal… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Most Homeowners Are Underinsured — and Don’t Know It Until Disaster Strikes A review of 74,000 California fire claims found over 70% of insured homeowners were underinsured by an average of 20%. Standard policies exc… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Diesel Prices Are Quietly Rewriting the Cost of Doing Business Diesel just topped $6.50 a gallon, and JPMorgan says it's the inflation signal to watch. For small business owners, that means higher freigh… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Why Social Security’s $5,181 Monthly Max Is Out of Reach for Most Social Security's maximum benefit for 2026 requires 35 years of earnings at or above the taxable wage cap—currently $184,500. Only about 6%… Sep 28, 2026

Investing AI Agents Are Creating a New Cybersecurity Problem for Businesses As companies deploy AI agents that need system access, a new governance challenge emerges: controlling not just who gets in, but what autono… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Michael Burry Puts a Date on Big Tech’s AI Reckoning: 2028 The Big Short investor warns that hyperscalers' massive AI capital commitments could face painful write-offs by 2028 or 2029, with Oracle pa… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Why Shoppers Are Sticking With Store Brands Even as Prices Cool Private-label groceries now make up nearly a quarter of U.S. packaged-goods sales, and 94% of shoppers say they would keep buying store bran… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Cracker Barrel’s New CEO Warns Restaurant Prices Are Headed Higher Cracker Barrel plans menu price increases of 3% or more in 2027, highlighting a widening value gap that has diners cutting back. For small r… Sep 28, 2026

Investing Five Years of Rising Prices: How Inflation Has Reshaped Consumer Spending From groceries to vehicles, inflation has steadily eroded purchasing power and consumer confidence over the past five years, reshaping spend… Sep 27, 2026

Investing Carlyle’s David Rubenstein on Leadership, Investing, and Building Teams David Rubenstein shares insights on leadership, investing principles, and lessons from building Carlyle. Topics include decision-making unde… Sep 27, 2026

Investing 1-Minute Market Report: September 26, 2026 A quick snapshot of today's market moves, key economic data, and what the latest numbers could mean for small business owners watching credi… Sep 27, 2026

Investing Big AI Labs Build Their Own Safety Watchdog as Washington Sits It Out Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are launching a self-regulatory body to set AI safety standards, moving ahead without federal oversight. For s… Sep 27, 2026