The Editors

Oct 6, 2026

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7 min read

The midterms change who votes. They do not change what passes.

Legislating against a sitting administration needs two-thirds of both chambers, and no plausible result delivers that. What does change is state law, where a single party can move in a year — and the blueprint for 2028.

The Editors

Sep 29, 2026

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7 min read

Six days to close. Thirty-eight to file. Both are true.

APQC counts calendar days from trial balance to consolidated statements. Your board, your auditors and your lender are each watching a different point on the chain — and for private companies, the last one may be forty-five days out.

The Editors

Sep 22, 2026

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6 min read

Every plan since 2023 assumed the next move was down.

The Fed raised to 3.75–4% in a unanimous vote, and its own projections now show rates flat through 2027. Budget season starts now.

The Editors

Sep 15, 2026

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8 min read

$160 billion raised this year. Half of it was one company.

SpaceX, SK Hynix and Cerebras have all priced. OpenAI has moved to 2027, Anduril still has not filed, and what is left has nine weeks and an election to get through.

The Editors

Sep 8, 2026

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6 min read

The average new CFO is 48. Last year they were 52.

Boards are promoting from within at above-average rates, and reaching younger to do it. Whether that is bench strength or bench thinness depends on who is left underneath.

The Editors

Sep 1, 2026

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7 min read

Your tariff refund arrived. Deciding whose it is comes next.

The Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs and Customs is paying the money back. Three companies have now reported it three different ways — and one expects to hand most of it to its customers.

The Editors

Aug 25, 2026

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7 min read

If it takes ten years to make a senior accountant, what if AI took the first three?

CPA roles take 73 days to fill and the candidate pipeline is down 30% since 2016. The work that used to build experience is the work AI does best.

The Editors

Aug 18, 2026

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6 min read

The disclosure lands in 2028. The work starts in five months.

FASB's new expense breakdown means splitting payroll across COGS, SG&A and R&D. Your ledger has to start tagging it in January.

The Editors

Aug 11, 2026

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8 min read

The SEC is rewriting the definition of a public company. One half is your choice.

Two proposed exemptions. Two decisions to make.

The Editors

Aug 4, 2026

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7 min read

The largest IPO in history is underwater. The supply hasn't even arrived.

SpaceX floated under 5%. The rest starts arriving Thursday.

The Editors

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

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

Jul 21, 2026

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3 min read

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

Jul 14, 2026

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2 min read

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

Jul 8, 2026

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3 min read

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

What every CFO needs to recalculate before Q3 closes.

The Editors

Jun 30, 2026

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5 min read

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

Jun 23, 2026

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3 min read

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

Jun 16, 2026

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2 min read

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?

The Editors