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Your 2026 plan assumed a rate path. Wednesday tests it.

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Jul 28, 2026

Your 2026 plan assumed a rate path. Wednesday tests it.

A hold looked routine a week ago. Then oil crossed $100 — and the market rewrote the path to year-end.

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The Editors

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Your 2026 plan assumed a rate path. Wednesday tests it.

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Jul 28, 2026

Your 2026 plan assumed a rate path. Wednesday tests it.

A hold looked routine a week ago. Then oil crossed $100 — and the market rewrote the path to year-end.

The Editors
The Editors
CFO + COO: does 1 + 1 = 3, or 1.5?

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Jul 21, 2026

CFO + COO: does 1 + 1 = 3, or 1.5?

CFO / COO — what's the difference these days? More often than not, one job description.

The Editors
The Editors
Your 2026 plan has three broken assumptions. It's July.

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Jul 14, 2026

Your 2026 plan has three broken assumptions. It's July.

Cooling inflation, a rate cut, steady growth — the plan assumed all three. Here's the one-page grid that fixes it.

The Editors
The Editors
The Fed held. Your cost of capital didn't.

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Jul 8, 2026

The Fed held. Your cost of capital didn't.

What every CFO needs to recalculate before Q3 closes.

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The Editors
Every CFO will face a capital raise. Most aren't ready to tell the story.

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Jun 30, 2026

Every CFO will face a capital raise. Most aren't ready to tell the story.

Debt, equity, private markets, or IPO — the narrative framework that gets capital raised.

The Editors
The Editors
97% of finance teams use AI. Only 17% are actually using it. Here's the gap.

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Jun 23, 2026

97% of finance teams use AI. Only 17% are actually using it. Here's the gap.

Adoption is universal. Depth is rare. The CFOs who close that gap first will have a real advantage.

The Editors
The Editors
SpaceX just raised $75B. Here's what every CFO needs to know about the IPO window that just opened.

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Jun 16, 2026

SpaceX just raised $75B. Here's what every CFO needs to know about the IPO window that just opened.

The largest public offering in history closed Thursday. The window is open. Is your finance team ready?

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The Editors

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