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September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Energy & Commodities, Guides

Gold Slipped While the War Raged: What a Safe Haven Really Is

On Monday, September 28, gold futures sat near $4,190 an ounce, down almost 4% on the day, even as the US-Iran war entered its eighth month. Gold is still...

September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Small Business

The Company That Puts Dying Businesses to Rest: Inside SimpleClosure’s Boom

Dori Yona and Nimrod Ram founded SimpleClosure in 2023 to do one thing: shut other companies down, properly and completely. The shutdown business is booming. In the first quarter...

September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Stock Market

The $9.2 Billion Bet: Inside Larry Ellison’s Pledged Oracle Shares

On Friday, September 25, Oracle disclosed in a proxy filing that Larry Ellison had pledged 67 million more Oracle shares as collateral for personal loans, a 19% increase from...

September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Tech & AI

The AI Industry’s Awkward Math: 56% of the Work, 14% of the Money

Something remarkable is happening in the artificial intelligence business, and the numbers tell the story better than any press release. Open-weight AI models handled 56% of the tokens processed...

September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Budgeting

The Shutdown Budget Plan: How a Federal Family Gets Through a Missed Paycheck

If no deal is reached, the federal government shuts down at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 1. President Trump and congressional leaders, Republicans Mike Johnson and John Thune...

September 29, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Credit & Debt

Your Borrower’s Survival Guide for a 5.27% Ten-Year Yield

On Monday, September 28, the 10-year Treasury yield settled at 5.241%, a fresh 19-year high and its seventh record close this month, and it even touched 5.272% intraday, near...

September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, News

Tuesday’s Calendar: Housing, Hiring, and Two Fed Voices

If Monday was about the bond market yelling, Tuesday is about the economy answering back. The calendar is packed with the kind of data that either confirms or complicates...

September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Credit & Debt, Guides

What It Means When $18 Billion of AI Debt Trades at 90 Cents on the Dollar

When a lender quotes your debt at 90 cents on the dollar, it is telling you something. It is saying that for every dollar you owe, the market will...

September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Tech & AI

Meta Just Told Corporate America It Is Open for Business

The most important business story of Monday was not the red on the screens or the yield on the 10-year. It was a personnel move that quietly redraws the...

September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

Tech Leads Monday’s Retreat as the 10-Year Hits a 19-Year High

Monday was one of those days when the bond market did all the talking and stocks had to listen. Wall Street started the week lower, finished lower, and handed...