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Since the April bottom that followed some tariff confusion, the Dow Jones is up 27%, NASDAQ up 53%, and S&P up 37%. We don’t have a lot of official numbers because of the government shutdown, but I’m gonna go by the huge stock market performance. It’s telling us there’s a boom ahead. We may already be in it. And it’s backed up by Trumpian economic policies. And it’s also telling […]

Brick by brick, regulation by regulation, America built its own housing crisis.Experts say the problem is cemented into the foundation of the U.S. housing system, a design flaw decades in the making.They point to three major forces doing the most damage: restrictive zoning, land-use barriers, and financial policies that have choked supply and pushed prices out of reach.TRUMP'S 50-YEAR MORTGAGE MAY BURDEN AMERICANS WITH MORE DEBT, EXPERTS SAY"There are just […]

Fast food giant Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its U.S. stores next year as part of a broader effort to revive its domestic business, which has been under pressure from slowing sales.Interim CEO Ken Cook said during the company's earnings call on Friday that a "mid-single-digit percentage" of its 6,011 U.S. restaurants are expected to close next year. A mid-single-digit percentage is about 4% to 6%, which means the […]

Activist investor Sardar Biglari intensified his campaign against Cracker Barrel’s leadership, urging shareholders to vote against CEO Julie Felss Masino and board member Gilbert Dávila in the company’s upcoming annual meeting.Two major proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, also urged shareholders to vote against one or more Cracker Barrel directors over concerns about performance and the company’s controversial August rebrand.ISS and Glass Lewis advised shareholders to […]