Starbucks entered 2025 with a mixed outlook. While revenue sits at $36.15 billion and EPS holds at $3.10, growth momentum has softened. Labor issues and international softness have introduced volatility, and inflation continues to pressure margins.
Stocks rallied again today, no doubt proving somehow that the King's tariff strategy is finding approval in the world, or at least in the part of it that counts.
Despite the best efforts of Elon Musk and the DOGE team, the US fiscal deficit for 2025 is $1.3 trillion so far, the second highest six-month level on record.
