It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe …Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance.I’ve got another busy weekend ahead of me, so let’s get right to this week’s commentary …The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s about what you’re made of – not the circumstances.– AnonymousCredits and DebitsDebit: Did you see this? While the debate over the health of the US econo ...

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After five years of holding, I'm way behind where I thought I'd be.In June 2020, I happily invested in one of my favorite consumer brands: Coffee giant Starbucks (SBUX -0.36%). But after it's underperformed the returns from the S&P 500 by a wide margin over these five years, it's high time I reconsidered its role in my portfolio.I believed that Starbucks stock would provide my portfolio with a blend of growth and income. For growth, I was quite optimistic that the company's business in China would quickly r ...

Jon Quast: Travis, just the way that I tick, I don't really like the headline grabbing companies as much as I do like the beneath the surface kind of ways that you can play this artificial intelligence trend. I think that energy is actually interesting, which if you know me, you know that I normally would be looking for something shinier in the investment world. But if you look at the information from the US Energy Information Administration, there was basically 2% annual growth for energy from 1990-2005. T ...

DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BAB, Inc. (OTCQB: BABB), announced its financial results for the third quarter ended August 31, 2025. For the quarter ended August 31, 2025 BAB had revenues of $769,000 and net income of $168,000, or $0.02 per share earnings, versus revenues of $872,000 and net income of $160,000, or $0.02 per share, for the same quarter last year. Our total revenue for the three months ended August 31, 2025 decreased compared to the prior period due to a decrease in market ...

Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, Oct. 1, according to filings in the Southern District of Texas in Houston. In federal court documents obtained by USA TODAY, Philip Parsons, Razzoo’s CEO, said the decision to file for bankruptcy comes after declining sales as well as shifts in consumer spending, diner preferences for convenience and other factors. “Thus, the (Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe's) sales have continued to be unfavorable to forecasts in light of the heavy comp ...

Like so many cyclical companies, a weak macro backdrop has weighed heavily on Britain's Domino's Pizza Group plc ( OTCPK:DPUKY ) ( OTCPK:DMPZF ). Shares of the firm have fallen around 30% in dollar terms since my last pieceI like to take a long term, buy-and-hold approach to investing, with a bias toward stocks that can sustainably post high quality earnings. Mostly found in the dividend and income section. Blog about various US/Canadian stocks at 'The Compound Investor', and predominantly UK names on 'The ...

Like so many cyclical companies, a weak macro backdrop has weighed heavily on Britain's Domino's Pizza Group plc ( OTCPK:DPUKY ) ( OTCPK:DMPZF ). Shares of the firm have fallen around 30% in dollar terms since my last pieceI like to take a long term, buy-and-hold approach to investing, with a bias toward stocks that can sustainably post high quality earnings. Mostly found in the dividend and income section. Blog about various US/Canadian stocks at 'The Compound Investor', and predominantly UK names on 'The ...

Key Points Sweetgreen reported dismal earnings in August, and the stock kept sliding in September. The state of the economy poses a major challenge for the pricey salad chain. 10 stocks we like better than Sweetgreen › Shares of fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) have been sinking since the end of 2024, and September continued the trend. A disappointing earnings report in August led to a steep one-day drop, and some turnover in the C-suite in early September didn't stop the bleeding. Swe ...

Key Takeaways Cracker Barrel isn't done shaking things up. The restaurant chain operator that lately found itself national news for uncomfortable reasons—a brand revamp that elicited unfavorable reactions from sizable chunks of the public and the disapproval of President Donald Trump—continues to adapt. It late yesterday announced several leadership changes and formally distanced itself from the firm it said worked with the company on the failed rebrand. The company last month announced a range of changes t ...