On July 13, 2026, the Department of War (DoW) published a release, “Forging the Arsenal of Freedom,” announcing an immediate suspension of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase II requirements. If you support clients in the defense industrial base (DIB), the network of companies that supply the DoW, you have probably fielded a version of this question all week, “Does this mean compliance is over?”

It does not.

A CMMC Reform Task Force now has 60 days to report back, using feedback gathered through a public Request for Information (RFI), the government’s formal process for collecting industry input before it changes a rule. However, reviews like this tend to run long, and that exact date isn’t guaranteed.

Why the Department suspended CMMC Phase II

The Department’s stated reason, per the release, is Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Acquisition Transformation System (ATS) directive, which prioritizes speed to capability and lower compliance costs for small, medium, and non-traditional businesses. The release cites Small Business Administration (SBA) data showing compliance costs were pushing companies out of the DIB. DoW Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kirsten A. Davies is quoted directly making that case.

There is also a simpler math problem behind this. By most estimates circulating since the announcement, well over 100,000 companies needed a third-party assessment against roughly 100 accredited assessors, making the original timeline nearly impossible to meet.

What the suspension changes

Phase II is suspended. This is the requirement for certified third-party assessments through a C3PAO (a CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization, an accredited outside firm) or a review by DIBCAC (the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center, the Department’s own assessment arm). Any pending or future CMMC milestones are paused too.

In the interim, the Department will keep enforcing compliance through NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 self-assessments (the federal standard listing the 110 security controls required to protect sensitive defense data) and what the release calls “select government-led assessments.” These will likely land mostly at the prime contractor level, further up the supply chain than most MSP clients. It reads as a reminder that the Department still has authority to look under the hood, more than a new audit program.

The requirements that are still in effect

Phase I self-assessment requirements are still fully in effect: FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) 52.204-21, covering basic safeguarding of Federal Contract Information (FCI), and DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) 252.204-7012, requiring safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), cyber incident reporting, and implementation of all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls. The release states plainly that the suspension “does not eliminate the requirement for companies to protect federal data.”

Also unaffected: Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) score entries, annual affirmations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements, remediation plans, system security plans, and subcontractor flowdowns. CUI itself is a broad category, and ITAR is one of many standards underneath it. CMMC tried to bundle all of these into a single certification, and that bundling is what got paused. The requirements underneath it are all still in place.

Where the compliance risk exists

The suspension removed a verification step, but it did not remove the underlying obligation. What is gone, for now, is the third party that would have checked your work before a problem surfaced.

An inaccurate self-assessment or an unsupported affirmation can still create contractual, administrative, and False Claims Act (FCA) exposure, a federal law that holds a business, and often the individual who signed off, personally liable for knowingly defrauding government programs. Contracts already flow this requirement from primes to subcontractors, and that clause is likely to shift from proving a completed audit to something closer to, “Submit your self-attestation, and we reserve the right to audit you later.” Lying on it, especially after accepting government funds, can carry civil and criminal consequences. It is already public record that multiple DIB companies have been prosecuted under the False Claims Act for compliance claims that did not hold up.

Practical steps for MSPs

• Keep remediation plans moving; this news is not a reason to pause them.
• Check that SPRS scores and annual affirmations still reflect your client’s actual environment.
• Confirm scope, such as which client systems touch CUI or FCI, and which of those you manage directly.
• Keep evidence current, including audit trails, patch compliance records, and access logs, in case a prime contractor review comes up.
• Tell clients plainly that suspended is not the same as resolved.

How NinjaOne supports CMMC and FedRAMP compliance

FedRAMP (the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which governs which software platforms are approved to handle federal data) is not the same program as CMMC, and this suspension does not touch it. However, showing an assessor your platform already runs on FedRAMP-authorized infrastructure tends to simplify that conversation. NinjaOne is the only FedRAMP Moderate-authorized RMM (remote monitoring and management) platform on the market today.

Underneath all of it, NinjaOne helps MSPs operationalize and demonstrate the technical controls NIST SP 800-171 asks for: patch automation, role-based access control (RBAC), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and centralized reporting across every client environment you manage.

Every business in the defense industrial base remains legally accountable for producing its compliance record on request: logs, audit trails, and the self-attestation behind its SPRS score, whether or not a third-party assessor shows up to check it. That’s exactly why a platform built to keep that proof current and ready matters right now.

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In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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The most important charts and themes in markets and investing…

1) Free Cash Flow Is King

a) Google ($GOOGL) earned a stunning $112 billion in Q2, the highest quarterly net income for any company in history.

But its stock fell 7% the day after its earnings report.

Why?

AI spending concerns, with Google’s free cash flow turning negative (-$6 billion) for the first time in company history.

Google’s quarterly spending on Property & Equipment (AI Infrastructure) has doubled over the past year to $44.9 billion. They now expect capex for the year of $195-$205 billion, up from last quarter’s forecast of $180-$190 billion.

b) Tesla’s ($TSLA) stock fell 15% after reporting a decline in free cash flow (-$1.1 billion) for the first time in over two years. The culprit? Rising capital expenditures, which increased 142% YoY to $5.8 billion.

c) Apple ($AAPL) has generated $129 billion in free cash flow over the past year while Oracle has burned $24 billion.

Their stocks have followed the fundamentals:
Apple is up 56% over the past year, trading at an all-time high.
Oracle is down 52% over the past year, trading at a multi-year low.

Investors are starting to draw a line on AI spending.

Apple’s discipline is being rewarded. Oracle’s overspending is being punished.

In the AI race, bigger capex isn’t always better.

2) The SpaceX IPO Lesson

$98 billion of Google’s $112 billion net income (87%) came from historic markups in its equity investments (mainly SpaceX & Anthropic).

But these are unrealized gains. What happens if these investments start moving in the opposite direct? Shareholders will see the reverse effect, with a hit to net income.

We’re only a month into the 3rd quarter, but if the current trend holds, we’ll soon see exactly that.

Why?

SpaceX ($SPCX) is suffering the same fate as so many major IPOs before it: a euphoric debut, unrealistic expectations, and a painful reality check.

From its peak on June 16, it has experienced an over 50% drawdown.

The lesson: great companies can still be bad investments at the wrong price. Chasing the hot IPO is not a prudent investment strategy.

3) Too Big to Fail?

10 Years ago, JPMorgan had a lower market cap than Wells Fargo.

Today, its market cap of $937 billion is higher than its 3 largest competitors (BofA, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) combined.

JPMorgan’s net income has grown from $24 billion to $65 billion over the last 10 years. It’s become the largest and most profitable bank in the world.

Too big to fail? We’re way past that.

4) The Low Inflation Lie

The resumption of hostilities in Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz once more, with shipments grinding to a halt.

That’s pushed the price at the pump back up to $4.11 per gallon, which is 38% higher than where it stood at the start of the War.

The longer commodity prices remain elevated, the greater the inflationary burden on US consumers.

The 30-Year US Treasury Yield ended last week at 5.17%, its highest weekly close since July 2007.

The Federal Reserve and Federal Government continue to spin the lie of low inflation while the bond market reveals the truth.

6) Has Obesity Peaked?

The rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may be starting to show up in the data. US obesity has declined from a 2022 peak of 39.9% to 36.4%, while the share of Americans currently using GLP-1 medications has jumped from 3% in 2024 to 11% in 2026.

Investors are clearly betting this trend has a long runway, helping propel Eli Lilly’s market value above $1.1 trillion. That’s a 12x increase over the past decade, making Lilly the most valuable health care company in the world.

7) A Few Interesting Stats…

a) A record $348.5 billion is now trapped in US buyout funds at least a decade old, 3.5x the 2015 level and more than 100x 2005 levels. Private equity’s biggest problem isn’t raising money – it’s returning it.

b) The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now at its lowest level since March 1983. Over the past 5 years we’ve seen a drawdown of 310 million barrels, a 50% decline.

c) 17 of the 30 worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 this year are software and related services companies. Investors are betting that AI will be an existential threat to this industry.

d) Miami, Florida is the strongest buyer’s market in America with home sellers outnumbering homebuyers by 140%.

e) IBM’s -25% decline in a single trading day (July 14) was the biggest ever for the 115-year-old company and a 15-sigma event. That basically means it should not have happened even once in the history of the universe. But it did, and given enough time it will happen again, because financial markets don’t follow a normal distribution.

And that’s it for this week. Thanks for reading!

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In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

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Secure remote file transfers are crucial tools in any organization. They need to balance speed, reliability, and compliance. Learn the best practices and how you can best manage these file transfers safely and without compromising data security.

A guide for RDP file transfers

📌 Prerequisites:

• You need a file transfer policy that defines acceptable transfer methods by data class and environment.
• You should have MFA enforced on remote access tools and privileged accounts.
• You need role-based access and least privilege on target folders and SMB shares.
• You need a central evidence workspace for logs, hashes, approvals, and screenshots.

1. Pick the transfer method by scenario

Here are a few scenarios you can consider:

• For quick admin fixes in the same trust boundary – Use native features like the clipboard and temporary drive mapping for small, non-sensitive artifacts. Disable it after use.
• For scaled software distribution and scripts – Use your RMM tool or a remote access file transfer with integrity checks. Stage artifacts in a signed repository and capture exit codes.
• For user collaboration and larger payloads – Use SMB shares with least privilege or sanctioned cloud storage with retention and access reviews.
• For isolated, headless, or off-domain devices – Use out-of-band transfer features, short-lived SFTP or HTTPS staging, or a site relay that devices poll after authentication.

2. Secure the channel and the destination

Security is paramount when it comes to file transfers, and especially when it comes to remote sessions. Here are some things you need to strengthen your security and protect your organization’s data:

• Enforce MFA and, for privileged moves, approvals.
• Use encrypted channels and block legacy protocols.
• Avoid admin shares for routine work; use scoped service paths instead.
• For regulated data, peer review and DLP-friendly staging are required.

3. Execute transfers with integrity and evidence

Logs and documentation are everything. Make sure that everyone is following the correct procedures when transferring data during remote sessions and that there’s a record of all their actions. This encourages transparency and is crucial for audits.

Here are a few things you can do to enforce integrity and evidence collection in your organization during file transfers:

• Compute and store checksums pre- and post-transfer for binaries and scripts.
• Log operator, ticket ID, device, source, destination, size, hash, start and end times, and result.
• For installers, verify the service state or file version after execution and attach proof.

4. Take transfer bandwidth and reliability constraints

Bandwidth is a physical constraint that you should always take into account. How many files can you transfer per user in a set amount of time? This will vary depending on your organization and should scale as your business grows, so make sure to stay flexible as well.

Here are a few things you can do to stay within your bandwidth constraints:

• Use resumable transfers and compression, and schedule off-hours windows.
• Test transfers with a small canary file before sending a large payload.
• If interactive channels are unstable, pivot to SMB or cloud share with logging and note the pivot reason.

5. Govern sensitive classes of data during remote transfers

Security is another important point to consider, especially for remote file transfers. Here are some measures you can take to keep your data safe:

• Block clipboard and unsanctioned shares for restricted data classes
• Use quarantined staging plus content scanning when required
• Purge staging areas on schedule and keep transfer logs per policy

6. Fallbacks and break glass for remote data transfer problems

You should also have contingency plans in case something goes wrong. Here are some actions you can take:

• Have predefined emergency paths for critical patches when standard methods fail
• Require leadership approval and a post-mortem for any break-glass use.
• Rotate credentials and remove temporary access immediately after use.

7. Standardize recurring packages when transferring data

Standardizing your actions ensures that they’re repeatable and trackable. It makes things easier for onboarding as well. And if something goes wrong, you can also more easily pinpoint where things went wrong and what should be done to remedy it. Here are a few things you can do to optimize standardization:

• Maintain a curated, signed library of tools, drivers, and scripts with hashes and versions.
• Wrap deployments with pre-checks and post-checks and store outcomes.
• Document rollback steps and success criteria.

Best practices summary table for remote data transfers

NinjaOne integration ideas for secure remote file transfers

You can use NinjaOne tools to:

• Attach transfer logs and hashes to tickets
• Schedule bandwidth-aware windows
• Track transfer counts, success rates, top destinations, and exceptions

Enhance data protection with a robust, secure file transfer protocol

To keep your remote data transfers secure, you need to match the method to the scenario, enforce least privilege and MFA, verify integrity, and keep simple evidence. By doing this, secure remote file transfers become fast, reliable, and defensible. With small automations and a curated package library, teams scale transfers without sacrificing control.

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

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Kiosk mode locks devices into a controlled setup where users can access only approved apps or workflows. It’s commonly used on public-facing devices, shared workstations, and role-based systems that need consistency rather than flexibility.

This guide explains what device kiosk mode is, its benefits and limitations, and how it works across platforms.

What kiosk mode does

Kiosk mode is a device setting that locks a device (computer, tablet, or phone) to a defined app or a limited set of functions and restricts everything else on the system.

You’d use kiosk mode if you want to:

• Limit which apps or system features people can use.
• Block access to device settings and core operating systems.
• Enforce a consistent user experience across sessions.
• Reduce the risk of misuse or accidental changes.

You’ll usually see this on public-facing devices, such as public terminals or self-service checkouts in places like restaurants, retail stores, and hospitals. In these setups, users can only perform predefined tasks like placing orders, checking in, and making payments.

How kiosk mode works across platforms

You can set up kiosk mode on different platforms. While the goal is the same everywhere, which is locking the device to approved apps, features, or workflows, the way it’s enforced and managed varies by platform. Here’s a quick overview:

Security and operational benefits

Kiosk mode is a simple setup that provides both security and operational benefits.

Security benefits

Kiosk mode reduces the attack surface by limiting what users can access. When only approved apps and features are available, there’s less opportunity for misuse, accidental changes, or access to sensitive files and settings. This also helps support compliance in regulated environments where device use must be tightly controlled.

Operational benefits

Kiosk mode lowers the support burden because device behavior is standardized to a specific purpose. Moreover, setup and ongoing management are simpler, and devices are more reliable in shared, unattended, or public-facing environments since restrictions are already enforced.

Limitations and scope considerations

Kiosk mode has limitations, and it’s important to understand them before setting it up. Here are key considerations to keep in mind:

• While kiosk mode restricts what users can do on the device, it doesn’t replace antivirus, patching, encryption, or other core security controls.
• Because the device is locked down, updates and fixes may not happen automatically. This means you need to plan when and how apps, the operating system, and security patches will be updated.
• Access restrictions can also make troubleshooting more difficult unless administrators have a clear way to regain control of the device.
• Kiosk mode works best when devices are properly set up and managed using the right tools.

Common misconceptions

There are a few common misconceptions about kiosk mode that can affect how it’s used. It’s worth clearing them up:

Kiosk mode is only for public devices

Kiosk mode is common in public kiosks, but it’s not limited to that type of setup. It’s also widely used on internal devices such as POS systems or warehouse scanners, where shared workflows need to stay simple.

Kiosk mode removes the need for MDM

Kiosk mode only controls what users can do on the screen. MDM controls the device itself. Device management is still needed for updates, security policies, and remote troubleshooting, especially in large environments.

All kiosk modes behave the same across platforms

As mentioned above, kiosk mode works differently depending on the platform. What’s possible on Windows may not be possible on iOS or Android, so setup and limitations vary.

NinjaOne integration

NinjaOne supports kiosk deployments by giving IT teams centralized control over devices used in kiosk scenarios.

Device kiosk mode for reliable and predictable device use

Kiosk mode is a practical way to control device use across platforms. When access is limited to approved apps or workflows, devices are easier to manage, more reliable, and consistent in shared or task-specific setups.

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PakarPBN

A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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The most important charts and themes in markets and investing…

1) The Four Most Dangerous Words

The four most dangerous words in investing, according to legendary fund manager Sir John Templeton, are: “This time it’s different.”

Which is why alarm bells went off in my head last week when many were saying just that in regards to the SpaceX IPO.

When I noted how every major IPO in the last 15 years traded below its first day close at some point in its first year, the overwhelming response was: “This time it’s different. None of these companies were SpaceX.”

Fast forward to today and the laws of gravity are starting to take hold, with SpaceX in a 35% drawdown and trading below its first day close.

Where will it go from here?

Nobody knows. But a wave of supply is coming, and it wouldn’t be unprecedented to see additional selling pressure when it comes.

When are insiders allowed to start selling?

Most pre-IPO investors and employees can sell after the first earnings report, which is estimated to be sometime in early August. After that, there are a series of staggered unlocks at 70, 90, 105, 120, 135, and 180 days after the IPO. Elon Musk and certain extended pre-IPO investors are subject to a longer 366-day lockup.

In terms of supply, these shares will dwarf the initial float which was less than 5% of outstanding shares. By 180 days, an estimated 58% of the company’s total shares outstanding will be floated. Keep in mind: these are investors and employees with enormous unrealized gains (SpaceX was a $10 billion company 10 years ago), and the temptation to lock in at least part of these lottery-sized winnings will be extremely high.

2) From Equity Bubble to Credit Bubble

The AI hyperscalers (Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle) have issued 47% more debt in the first 5 months of this year ($159 billion) than all of last year ($108 billion). Their YTD debt issuance exceeds the combined issuance from 2020-2024.

In the past week, Nvidia ($25 billion sale) and SpaceX ($25 billion sale) have joined the party.

Every equity bubble inevitably becomes a credit bubble before it bursts.

3) Narrowing Tech Leadership

20 stocks in the S&P 500 have doubled so far this year.

Of these,19 are related to the AI-infrastructure boom.

This is the type of narrow leadership often seen during speculative manias.

While semiconductor stocks ($SOXX ETF) have more than doubled so far this year, the Magnificent 7 ($MAGS ETF) are down 3%.

Old Wall Street warning: “They’re shooting the generals.”

Translation: the former market leaders are starting to break.

Also notable: the spread between the top and bottom performing Tech companies is at its widest level since the dot-com bubble peak in 2000.

Who are these bottom performers?

13 of the 20 worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 this year are software and related services companies.

The market is treating AI as an existential threat to large parts of the software industry.

4) Capital Voting With Its Feet

One of the widest performance gaps we’ve ever seen:

-South Korea stocks are up 126% in 2026.

-Taiwan stocks are up 73%.

-China stocks are down 12%.

Capital is voting with its feet.

5) Warsh Passes His First Test

“The commitment to deliver [on reducing inflation] is strong, unanimous and unambiguous. And that’s, I think, an important message. We’ve missed for 5 years. And we’re gonna fix that.”

So said Kevin Warsh at his first FOMC press conference last week. In doing so, he passed his first test: establishing Fed independence (he voted in lockstep with the other 11 FOMC members in choosing to hold rates steady) and not ignoring the elephant in the room.

That elephant: an inflation rate that has been above the Fed’s target level for over 5 years.

The key sentence from significantly shorter FOMC statement (half the length of previous versions): “The Committee will deliver price stability.”

What does that mean?

Tighter monetary policy and rate hikes at some point this year.

There was a big shift in Fed dot plots with the median member now forecasting 1 rate HIKE this year when previously they were forecasting 1 rate CUT.

And the bond market is now pricing in 2 Fed HIKES by the end of the year, a 1% swing in expectations from where we started the year (2 Fed rate CUTS).

This is the right move if the Fed wants to regain any credibility as an inflation fighter.

6) There’s No Free Lunch

Back in April, Michael Saylor (Executive Chairman of Strategy, a Bitcoin Treasury Company) had this to say in promoting his preferred stock offering (Ticker: $STRC): “delivers money market-like stability” with “market-leading risk-adjusted returns.”

If that seems too good to be true, that’s because it was. Strategy’s preferred stock has since experienced a 16% max drawdown and is down 8% on the year.

Lesson: There’s no such thing as money market-like stability with market-leading returns. Every investment with the promise of a higher return than cash comes with higher risk. There’s no free lunch in markets.

7) A Few Interesting Stats…

a) The S&P 500 is up 15.6% per year since the start of 2020, on pace for its strongest decade since the 1990s.

b) The 2020s are on pace to be the worst decade in history for 10-Year Treasury bonds with annualized total returns of -0.6%.

c) The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now at its lowest level since July 1983. Over the past 5 years we’ve seen a drawdown of 285 million barrels (46% decline).

d) The US government has never consumed a larger share of the economy than it does today.

e) The Memory ETF is now the fastest ETF in history to hit $10 billion, $15 billion, and $20 billion in assets under management.

f) Elon Musk made 99.9% of his $1.2 trillion net worth after turning 40.

And that’s it for this week. Thanks for reading!

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Disclaimer: All information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment, legal or tax advice, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Read our full disclosures here.

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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Endpoint backup used to be something only enterprises worried about, but today even a handful of laptops and desktops can hold enough critical data to sink a small business if it is lost. Yet when owners start shopping for solutions, they quickly run into a wall of per-endpoint rates, storage tiers, retention policies, and “advanced security” add-ons that make it hard to tell what they will actually pay month to month.

In this article, we break down how endpoint backup pricing for small businesses works — how per-device and storage-based models are structured, which features move the needle on cost, and what kind of total spend (including management and monitoring) you should expect as you grow.

Common pricing models for endpoint backup

Endpoint backup vendors usually follow a small set of pricing models, often combining two or more into one offer. These models determine how your costs scale as you add devices, store more data, or increase retention.

Per-device pricing

Per-device (per-endpoint) pricing is the most common model for endpoint backup aimed at small businesses. In this approach, you pay a fixed monthly amount for each protected device — such as a laptop, desktop, or workstation — with the subscription often including a set amount of cloud storage or “pooled” storage shared across all endpoints.

This model is easy to understand and budget for: more devices mean a higher bill, fewer devices mean a lower one. For example, some commercial endpoint backup offerings start around a few dollars per endpoint per month, sometimes with a minimum number of endpoints, and scale up as you add devices or require more features.

Per-user pricing

Per-user pricing is less common but useful in environments where individuals use multiple devices. Instead of charging for each endpoint, the vendor charges per person and allows several devices — such as a laptop, desktop, and mobile device — to be covered under one user license.

This can simplify licensing in small teams where staff regularly switch between devices, and it can be more cost-effective when the device-to-user ratio is high. However, it is still influenced by storage and features, and for hardware-heavy environments (for example, many shared workstations), per-device pricing may remain more predictable.

Storage-based pricing

Storage-based pricing ties cost directly to how much data you store, often measured in gigabytes or terabytes per month. This model is common in general cloud backup services, and you will see ranges like a flat monthly fee for 100 GB to 1 TB, or per-GB charges that might fall in the low cents per GB per month.

Storage-based pricing can be flexible, especially if you have many devices but relatively controlled data growth, because you are essentially paying for the data footprint rather than the device count. The trade-off is predictability: if your data grows quickly, you retain many historical versions, or you add new workloads, your bill can increase faster than expected.

Typical online backup pricing expectations for small businesses

Although exact prices depend on the vendor and feature set, small businesses will see some common patterns when they shop for endpoint backup. Most providers cluster their offers into basic, mid-range, and advanced plans, each adding layers of automation, security, or compliance.

Basic plans for essential backups

Basic endpoint backup plans usually focus on core file backup with limited retention and fewer advanced management features. In a per-device model, this might look like a low per-endpoint monthly price that includes a modest amount of cloud storage and standard encryption.

In storage-based models, basic plans often cover a relatively small storage range — say, in the low hundreds of gigabytes — for a monthly fee in the lower double digits. These basic tiers are where many small businesses start, especially when they are just getting their first centralized backup in place.

Mid-range plans with automation and monitoring

Mid-range plans add automation, reporting, and monitoring that reduce manual work. You may see features like continuous or near-continuous backup, centralized dashboards that show backup status across all endpoints, email alerts, and more granular scheduling controls.

These capabilities are about reducing risk and management overhead: they help ensure backups actually run, failures are detected quickly, and restores can be tested without a lot of hands-on effort. As a result, mid-range plans cost more than basic tiers, whether measured in higher per-endpoint fees, higher storage bundles, or both.

Advanced plans with security and compliance

Advanced endpoint backup plans focus on security and compliance. They may include features like ransomware detection, immutable or write-once storage, advanced encryption and key management, role-based access control, detailed audit logs, and certifications such as SOC 2 for regulated industries.

These plans are designed for businesses with higher risk profiles or compliance obligations, and they carry a premium. For a small business, this level of service is often justified when you store highly sensitive customer data, operate in regulated sectors, or need stronger guarantees about data integrity and retention.

What affects endpoint backup costs and cloud backup pricing

Your final endpoint backup cost is determined by more than just the advertised per-device or per-GB price. Several key factors influence how your bill grows over time.

Data volume

The total amount of data you back up is one of the most important cost drivers. Larger data sets require more cloud storage, and whether you are on a storage-based model or a per-device plan with pooled storage, you pay more as your data footprint grows.

Data growth can come from many sources: new users, added devices, rich media files, long retention periods, and many file versions. Understanding your current data usage and projecting growth over the next few years helps you choose a plan you will not outgrow immediately.

Backup frequency and retention

How often you back up data and how long you keep it also affect cost. Frequent backups — such as continuous or hourly — generate more versions and can lead to higher storage usage than once-per-day schedules, especially for frequently changing data.

Retention policies determine how long old versions are kept. Longer retention helps with compliance and protection against delayed ransomware discoveries, but it increases storage needs and, therefore, costs. Aligning frequency and retention with your actual recovery needs helps keep expenses under control.

Security features and advanced protections

Security capabilities such as end-to-end encryption, ransomware detection, immutable backups, and multi-factor authentication for admin access add value but can increase price. These features reduce the risk that backups themselves are compromised and improve your chances of a clean recovery after an attack.

For small businesses, it is important to distinguish between features you truly need and those that are nice to have. If you hold sensitive customer or financial data, the additional cost of stronger security is often justified compared to the potential cost of a breach or unusable backups.

Management, monitoring, and support

The tools and services that help you manage and monitor backups are part of the real cost, even if they are not always broken out on the invoice. Centralized dashboards, automated alerts, reporting, and easy restore workflows all reduce the amount of staff time required to keep backups healthy.

Some providers bundle these capabilities into higher-tier plans; others offer them as add-ons or expect you to provide your own monitoring via scripts or third-party tools. When evaluating pricing, consider how much internal time is saved by better management features and factor that into your total cost of ownership.

Building an affordable backup plan

For small businesses, the goal is not to buy every feature but to build an endpoint backup plan that delivers enough protection at a price you can sustain. Starting with essential capabilities and expanding as your needs grow is usually the most cost-effective approach.

Start with automated endpoint backups

Automation is the first non-negotiable. If users have to remember to back up, they will forget. Your endpoint backup solution should automatically back up important files from laptops and desktops without relying on users to remember to save data in special folders or run manual jobs.

Automation reduces human error, ensures more consistent coverage, and lowers the risk that a critical file lives only on a local drive. Many basic and mid-range plans include automated, scheduled, or continuous backup at little or no extra cost compared to manual options.

Use scalable cloud storage backup

Cloud storage has become the default destination for endpoint backups because it is offsite, scalable, and accessible even in site-wide disasters. Most vendors offer scalable storage tiers or pooled storage included with per-device plans, allowing you to grow without provisioning hardware.

Smaller businesses typically start with storage in the 100 GB to low-terabyte range, then scale up as data grows. It is smart to pick a solution that lets you increase storage in predictable steps, rather than forcing abrupt jumps to much larger and more expensive tiers.

Avoid unnecessary advanced features at first

It can be tempting to buy advanced security or compliance features “just in case,” but that can push your costs higher than necessary in the early stages. If you do not operate in a regulated industry and you are just establishing a backup baseline, you may not need the highest tier on day one.

Instead, focus on solid encryption, reliable automation, and workable retention policies, then add advanced capabilities like immutable storage or extended compliance reporting once your core backups are proven and your risk profile justifies it. This step-by-step approach keeps your initial spend manageable.

Expand coverage as your data grows

As your business adds employees, devices, and workloads, revisit your backup coverage regularly. That can mean increasing storage limits, adding more endpoints to a per-device subscription, or upgrading to a higher tier with better monitoring and security.

The key is to grow your backup plan intentionally, not reactively. Reviewing usage and trends at least annually helps you spot when it is time to adjust plans, negotiate better pricing, or consolidate tools.

Cost vs value considerations

Raw backup cost only makes sense in the context of what you stand to lose. If a five‑person accounting firm loses a week of client files during tax season, the lost billable hours and rework will dwarf a year of backup fees.

Cost of downtime and recovery

Unplanned downtime can lead to lost revenue, delayed projects, and reputational damage. Professional data recovery services, when they are even possible, can quickly reach into thousands of dollars per incident, and they do not always succeed.

When you compare that to a predictable monthly fee for endpoint backup, the economics often favor paying for prevention. In many cases, even mid-range backup plans cost less per month than the revenue lost during a single multi-hour outage.

Impact on operations and customers

Losing key files, customer histories, or financial records affects more than your balance sheet; it disrupts daily work and can erode customer trust. A reliable backup — with tested restore processes — turns a laptop failure from a fire drill into a quick restore.

When evaluating endpoint backup pricing, it helps to think in terms of resilience. The value is in keeping your business running, meeting obligations, and avoiding crises that might otherwise require expensive emergency fixes.

Common pricing mistakes to avoid

Even when the technical features look solid, pricing missteps can lead to overpaying or being underprotected. Being aware of these common mistakes helps small businesses make more balanced decisions.

Choosing the cheapest option without needed features

The lowest advertised price is not always the best deal. Some low-cost plans seem attractive but lack automation, monitoring, or enough storage to cover all critical endpoints, which increases risk and may require manual work that eats into staff time.

It is important to confirm that a budget plan still includes essentials like automatic backups, encryption, and straightforward restores. Otherwise, what looks like savings can turn into higher operational and risk costs.

Ignoring long-term storage and growth

Another common mistake is sizing a plan only for current data and not accounting for growth or retention policies. Over a few years, even moderate data growth and version history can push you into higher storage tiers or trigger overage charges.

Before committing, estimate how your data might grow and how long you need to retain backups. This helps you compare providers not just on today’s price, but on how affordable they will be as your needs expand.

Not factoring in management effort

Endpoint backup that is cumbersome to manage can cost more in staff time than it saves in subscription fees. If your team has to constantly chase failed jobs, manually verify backups, or struggle with restores, your real cost is higher than the invoice suggests.

Evaluating the management interface, available automation, alerts, and reporting is essential. A solution that costs slightly more per month but drastically reduces hands-on work can be the better financial choice.

Overpaying for unused features

On the flip side, it is easy to overspend on advanced capabilities that you never fully implement. For example, paying for a top-tier compliance plan when you do not have formal regulatory requirements, or adding high-frequency backups for systems that rarely change, can inflate costs without meaningful benefit.

Whenever you see a more expensive tier, map each added feature to a specific business need or risk reduction. If you cannot identify clear value, it is usually better to stick with a lower plan and revisit later.

In summary

Endpoint backup pricing for small businesses is shaped by three main variables: how you are charged (per device, per user, or per amount of storage), how much data you protect and how often, and which automation, security, and management features you choose. Pricing pages can look complex; they don’t have to be. Most small businesses can start with basic, automated endpoint backups and modest cloud storage, then scale up as data and risk grow.

The total cost of endpoint backup goes beyond software licenses to include storage, management effort, and the potential savings from avoided downtime and data loss. When you evaluate options with that full picture in mind, you are more likely to choose a solution so you are not gambling your customer data on a bargain‑bin backup plan.

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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The most important charts and themes in markets and investing…

1) Are We in an Earnings Bubble?

Earnings are booming, there’s no doubt about that. A 24% growth rate is now expected for 2026, a sharp acceleration from the gains we saw in 2025 (+13%) and 2024 (+10%).

But the question investors need to ask is how much of this increase is due to a) one-off investment gains and b) a capital expenditure cycle that may be nearing peak growth.

In the first quarter, just 3 companies (Google, Nvidia, and Amazon) saw massive gains in the “other income” category from their private investments in companies like SpaceX and Anthropic.

The total of $69 billion in “other income” was roughly 10% of the S&P 500’s overall net income for the quarter. Absent this boost, S&P 500 YoY earnings growth would have been 15% in Q1, well below the reported figure (+28%).

The second part of the question is perhaps more important: is the capital expenditure cycle at or near its peak growth rate?

For if it is, then the enormous boost to S&P 500 earnings growth we’ve seen from semiconductors will begin to slow while the reality of depreciating AI infrastructure for the hyperscalers will set in.

Why is it probable that we’re nearing a peak growth rate?

Take a look at the following chart. If the AI spending spree continues as expected, the hyperscalers cumulative free cash flow will turn negative by next year. At the same time, semiconductors will inherit the earth.

I’m skeptical this will play out as expected (the shareholders of the hyperscalers will likely start revolting before we get to this point), but even if it does that would certainly imply a deceleration in growth as there wouldn’t be any free cash flow left to fund the boom. Yes, we could see additional debt and equity offerings as a stopgap (which is already happening), but that’s unlikely to be enough to fuel a continued acceleration in growth.

2) The Floodgates Are Open

SK Hynix, the South Korean memory-chip giant, went public in the US last week through a Nasdaq-listed ADR (Ticker: $SKHY). It raised an astounding $26.5 billion and was more than seven times oversubscribed.

That makes it the second-largest U.S. IPO ever, trailing only SpaceX – which went public less than a month earlier.

We’re only halfway through July, and 2026 is now roughly $1 billion away from surpassing 2021 as the biggest US IPO year on record.

And Anthropic and OpenAI could still be coming before year-end.

The floodgates are officially open.

3) The “Buffett Indicator” Hits a Record High

The ratio of the US Stock Market’s Value to GDP – the “Buffett Indicator” – has climbed to a record high of 234%. That’s now more than 3 standard deviations above its long-term historical average.

When valuations are this elevated, compelling opportunities become harder to find.

That likely explains why Berkshire Hathaway is holding a record amount of cash.

4) We’re Not Growing Out Way Out of It

The idea that we’re going to “grow our way out” of the national debt crisis isn’t supported by the recent numbers.

Real GDP growth is slowing toward 1.3% while the national debt has increased by over $3 trillion in just one year.

When debt is growing faster than the economy, the math gets worse, not better.

5) How a Costco Cashier Became a Millionaire

Costco cashier Tony Barzar is so beloved that longtime customers greet him with hugs – and after four decades of saving in his 401(k), he’s now a millionaire (read the WSJ article here).

His story is proof that extraordinary wealth can come from doing ordinary work exceptionally well.

Save consistently, invest for the long run, and never leave the employer match on the table.

6) A Few Interesting Stats…

a) 41% of American men under 30 believe they could score on a penalty kick at the World Cup if given the chance. Every couch has a world-class striker sitting on it.

b) NYC’s median one-bedroom rent just hit a record $4,000, up 54% over the last decade. Rent control helps the lucky few who already have an apartment. Everyone else competes for a shrinking pool of housing at ever-higher prices.

c) Only 135 of the S&P 500 constituents in 1996 are still in the index today. The lesson: companies change, leaders fade, and innovation never stops.

And that’s it for this week. Thanks for reading!

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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As your business operations scale, so does the volume of tickets your support team needs to handle every day. From locked accounts and failed software installs to VPN connectivity issues and recurring patch failures, many requests follow the same repetitive troubleshooting patterns, consuming valuable IT resources.

Automating ticket resolution with AI can help you reduce that manual workload. AI-driven workflows can classify tickets, route incidents, trigger remediation scripts, and resolve common issues without requiring your team’s involvement for every request.

According to Turabit, autonomous service desk models can scale to help you handle up to five times more tickets in high-demand periods without requiring additional Tier-1 staffing.

What automating ticket resolution solves in IT

Manual ticket handling can quickly slow down service desk operations. Your team may spend only a few minutes restarting failed services or unlocking accounts, but those tasks add up across hundreds of tickets every week.

Automating ticket resolution helps you reduce delays caused by manual triage and recurring endpoint issues. AI-driven workflows can categorize your incoming tickets automatically, apply predefined remediation steps, and escalate exceptions only when review becomes necessary.

This improves several areas of service desk performance:

• Faster ticket routing and classification
• Shorter response and resolution times
• Reduced workload for routine requests
• More consistent Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance

Automating ticket resolution also gives your team more time to focus on security incidents, infrastructure outages, and user-impacting problems that require deeper investigation.

How automating ticket resolution with AI helps your service desk

AI can help you reduce repetitive analysis and respond to recurring issues, while evaluating ticket history, endpoint telemetry, and previous remediation outcomes to improve how you handle incidents over time.

Improved accuracy with confidence-based automation

Confidence-based automation helps you improve efficiency without removing safeguards from high-impact workflows. You can automate repeatable fixes while still routing uncertain incidents directly to your team.

For example, if a workstation repeatedly fails because a Windows service stops unexpectedly, your workflow can automatically restart the service, validate device health afterward, and close the ticket if the issue resolves.

More complex incidents require different handling. A ticket tied to intermittent application instability across multiple endpoints may point to a broader systems issue that requires your team to investigate manually.

Reduced ticket volume with predictive remediation

Automating ticket resolution with AI can be even more effective if you connect your service desk workflows directly to endpoint telemetry and monitoring platforms. In this case, instead of waiting for users to report issues, your workflows can identify known failure patterns and automatically trigger remediation.

This way, if workstations repeatedly experience low disk space after patch deployments, your workflow can clear temporary files, validate available storage, and notify the user before the issue interrupts productivity.

Predictive remediation can also help you reduce ticket volume tied to:

• Failed backup services
• High memory utilization
• Endpoint agent crashes
• Expired certificates
• VPN client instability

By resolving those issues proactively, you also prevent recurring problems from overwhelming service desk queues.

Risks of ticket resolution with AI in real-world environments

Automating ticket resolution with AI boosts efficiency but also introduces risks that require oversight. Poorly controlled automation can apply incorrect fixes, misroute incidents, or reduce visibility into critical system changes.

Errors and operational risk

Low-confidence automation creates the biggest risk. If your workflows apply remediation without properly validating device conditions, you can cause greater disruptions instead of resolving incidents.

For instance, automatically restarting services across production systems during active maintenance windows may unexpectedly interrupt application availability. Incorrect ticket classification can also route high-priority incidents into lower-severity queues, delaying response times during outages.

You can reduce these risks by adding validation layers throughout your workflows. Human review checkpoints, rollback procedures, and post-remediation verification also help you prevent unsafe changes across critical systems.

Compliance and governance challenges

Automation also creates governance challenges when remediation activity becomes difficult to track or audit. If your workflows modify endpoint configurations, restart production services, or trigger policy changes, you need clear records showing what changed, when the change occurred, and which workflow initiated the action.

The risks of ticket resolution with AI increase when environments lack:

• Centralized logging for automated actions
• Standardized escalation policies
• Regular model review processes
• Approval controls for high-impact remediation

AI models also require ongoing review because application behavior, endpoint configurations, and support workflows are constantly changing. So, outdated models can begin generating inconsistent recommendations or unnecessary escalations as your environment evolves.

How to scale automating ticket resolution

Scaling and automating ticket resolution successfully requires more than enabling additional workflows. You need measurable performance data, phased deployment strategies, and regular workflow refinement to maintain consistency across teams and environments.

Measure the operational impact of automating ticket resolution

Track metrics such as resolution time, SLA compliance, technician workload reduction, and recurring ticket volume. Those numbers help you determine whether automating ticket resolution actually improves service desk performance or simply shifts workload elsewhere.

Backlog reduction also provides useful insight. If automated remediation resolves recurring endpoint incidents consistently, your ticket queues should stabilize even as endpoint counts increase.

Expand AI-driven ticket automation across workflows and teams

Start with routine, low-risk incidents such as password resets, software deployment failures, or endpoint storage alerts. Those workflows usually follow predictable remediation paths and generate enough ticket volume to demonstrate measurable gains quickly.

You can also extend automation into onboarding tasks, device provisioning, patch remediation, and selected change management workflows.

You can standardize automation across teams without creating disconnected processes by integrating your ticketing systems, RMM platforms, identity providers, and endpoint management tools.

Optimize and continuously improve automated ticket resolution

Review resolution accuracy regularly to identify workflows generating false escalations, incomplete remediation, or inconsistent outcomes. Ticket analytics can also help you identify recurring issues that still require manual intervention.

Feedback from frontline teams is especially important during optimization because your engineers are usually the first ones to identify workflow gaps. If your team repeatedly overrides remediation actions or reopens tickets after automation closes them, your workflows likely need adjustment.

How to enable long-term AI automation for your service desk

AI models perform more reliably when ticket handling, escalation paths, and remediation workflows follow standardized processes across your environment.

Establish a standard for ticket workflows and escalation paths

Inconsistent ticket handling can generate unreliable automation outcomes. If different teams categorize incidents differently or follow separate escalation procedures, AI models struggle to interpret historical ticket data accurately.

Standardizing ticket categories, remediation playbooks, and escalation paths can improve both automation quality and team coordination. Standardized workflows also help you keep SLA compliance rates above 95% in highly automated service environments.

Adjust AI automation using operational feedback

Feedback from your team is incredibly valuable as it can help you identify where ticket automation works and which workflows still cause issues. Regularly reviewing ticket outcomes allows you to adjust confidence thresholds, update remediation logic, and improve escalation accuracy using real-world service desk data.

As applications, endpoints, and support requirements change, those feedback loops help your automation remain aligned with daily service desk operations.

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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The State of the Markets in 10 Charts…

1) Diversification Matters Again

A central tenet of investing is that nothing leads forever. We saw that concept play out in spades during the first half of 2026:

-Emerging Markets and International stocks outperformed US equities.

-Small and Mid-Cap stocks outperformed their Large Cap counterparts.

-Value stocks outperformed Growth names.

-And the Magnificent Seven group was actually down.

In short, diversification matters again.

2) The Small Cap Comeback

Entering 2026, US Small Caps (Russell 2000) had trailed US Large Caps (S&P 500) for five consecutive years, matching the record streak of underperformance from 1994-1998.

But in the first 6 months of this year, we saw a dramatic reversal, with Small Caps gaining over 22%. That was their best first half performance since 1991.

What about the 12% spread over Large Caps? That was the biggest Small Cap outperformance for a first half since 2001.

3) All-Time Highs Powered by the Earnings Expectations Boom

The S&P 500 closed at 24 all-time highs in the first half of the year.

What was the primary narrative driving the advance?

S&P 500 earnings, which are now expected to increase by 24% this year.

We’ve never seen earnings growth this high outside of post-recessionary rebounds. This is an unprecedented boom driven by the massive EPS gains in big tech.

4) Bad News/Good News For Bond Investors

The bad news: the US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 71 months, by far the longest in history.

The good news: the higher yields of today (10-year yield at 4.55% vs. 0.52% back in 2020) should mean much higher future returns.

5) Persistently High Inflation

The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation (Core PCE) has moved up to 3.4%, the highest level since October 2023. This is the 63rd consecutive reading above the Fed’s 2% target level.

6) From Rate CUTS to Rate HIKES

At the start of the year, the bond market was pricing in 2 Fed rate CUTS.

Today, it’s pricing in 1 to 2 Fed rate HIKES.

That’s a nearly 1% swing in expectations.

7) From Leaders to Laggards: Digital and Physical Gold

Bitcoin was the best performing major asset in 2024 (+121%).

Gold was the best performing major asset in 2025 (+64%).

In 2026, Bitcoin (-31%) and Gold (-7%) are the two worst performing major assets. This is something we haven’t seen before in any calendar year.

8) Free Falling Yen

The Japanese Yen is at its lowest level since 1986 against the US Dollar, losing 54% of its value from the 2011 peak.

9) When a Falling Unemployment Rate Isn’t Necessarily Good News

The unemployment rate fell in June, moving down to 4.2%.

Normally, that would be good news, a sign of economic strength.

But it didn’t fall because people who were unemployed found jobs. Instead, 720,000 people simply left the labor force, pushing the participation rate down to 61.5%. That’s the lowest level in more than five years.

10) A Loss of Purchasing Power

What could derail the consumer-driven US economy?

A loss of purchasing power with inflation outpacing wages.

After 35 consecutive months of positive YoY real wage growth, this important indicator has turned negative for the first time since April 2023.

And that’s it for this week. Thanks for reading!

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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.

In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.

The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.

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