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Goldman: Fast Food's 'Bang For The Buck' Gains As Casual Dining Appeal Craters
Goldman: Fast Food's 'Bang For The Buck' Gains As Casual Dining Appeal Craters
Goldman analyst Christine Cho has published her latest quarterly survey of 2,000 consumers for 1Q26, pointing to a softer restaurant environment. Muted demand backdrop suggests that the K-shaped economy continues to fester, with working-poor consumers still facing the greatest downward pressure.
Respondents expect their visits to limited-service restaurants (LSRs), restaurants where customers generally order and pay at a counter, kiosk, drive-thru, or app, such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Chipotle, CAVA, Sweetgreen, Panera, and others, to hold steady...
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Jun 17, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Majority Of Americans Say It Would Be Good For Society If More People Were Religious: Poll
Majority Of Americans Say It Would Be Good For Society If More People Were Religious: Poll
Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,
A majority of U.S. adults (65 percent) say they believe that it would be good for society if more Americans were religious, according to a poll by Gallup.
A man prays following an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, on Feb. 22, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Gallup's Values and Beliefs survey, released on June 16, found a substantial gap between the sexes,...
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May 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
U.S. Gasoline Tops $4.50 As "Shock & Awe" Level Approaches
U.S. Gasoline Tops $4.50 As "Shock & Awe" Level Approaches
WTI futures plunged more than 11% to the $90-a-barrel level after Axios reported earlier this morning that the U.S. is nearing a preliminary agreement with Iran to end the war. The sharp decline suggests traders are beginning to price in a potential geopolitical de-escalation and the potential reopening of the Hormuz chokepoint.
At the pump, however, the latest AAA data as of Wednesday morning show that the national average for regular 87-octane gasoline has climbed to $4.50 a gallon, the...
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May 20, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Pentagon's Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already In Its Own Warehouses
The Pentagon's Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already In Its Own Warehouses
Authored by Matt Bedingfield via RealClearDefenseolitics,
Last week, U.S. Navy destroyers began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz under Project Freedom, the most aggressive American action in the strait since Iran shut it down in March.
The naval blockade of Iranian ports is now in its fifth week. U.S. warships are running mine-clearance operations, intercepting Iranian-flagged cargo, and absorbing drone threats daily. And the permanent magnets in those destroyers' guidance systems are still refined in China. So are the...
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