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De‑dollarisation is no longer a speculative horizon but an observable structural drift in the global oil economy. My recent article investigates this transition with a focus on the geopolitical realignments reshaping energy finance.

By Michael Nocito , data analyst · Published August 11, 2026 By the end of this page you can take a project that costs money now and pays money later, and produce one number that says whether it is worth doing. You will know the discount factor and where it comes from, the SQL that computes NPV in one line, the three ways that line silently returns the wrong answer, and how to present a result wh…

One of the toughest challenges that people face when starting Forex trading is picking the right broker. And

Foreign exchange is the largest financial market in the world and the hardest one to measure precisely. There is no consolidated tape. Trades happen bilaterally, over the counter, across dozens of jurisdictions, and the authoritative reference point arrives only once every three years when the Bank for International Settlements runs its triennial central bank survey. […] The post Retail Forex in …

By Michael Nocito , data analyst · Published August 11, 2026 By the end of this page you can answer three questions that come up constantly and get answered wrong: does one more sale make money, how many sales cover the fixed base, and what a discount actually costs. You will know the contribution margin formula, the break-even formula, the SQL for both, and the one mistake that turns a 750-unit …

Picture this: It’s 2021. A SaaS founder stands in a Sand Hill Road boardroom, clicks to a slide showing 40% month-over-month revenue growth, and waits for the high-fives. The only question from the partners is, "How fast can you deploy our capital to hire more sales reps?" Now, fast-forward to 2026. That same founder is pitching a new fund. They show 12% MoM growth, but before they can finish the…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 05 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08932-z Assessing financial materiality for environmental issues: impacts on cost of capital in diverse national contexts

Hey 👋 Quick heads-up before anything else: Sessional-2 exams for Sem 7 kick in on my end starting this week, so I won't be able to reply to comments on this post for a bit. Please don't take the silence personally — I'll circle back and reply to everyone once exams wrap up. 🙏 Now, the actual backstory. Issue #1 got a solid response, and I added a Jobs Watch section — hiring drives, layoffs, who's…

Marketech International Corp. (MIC) posted record results in the second quarter of 2026, with consolidated revenue of NT$21.2 billion (approx. US$668.6 million), up 48.2% quarter-over-quarter and 74% year-over-year, and net profit after tax of NT$1.8 billion, up 61.8% quarter-over-quarter and more than 350% year-over-year. Earnings per share were NT$8.17.

Day-ahead joint bidding exposes a hybrid energy storage aggregator (HESA) to uncertainty in the locational marginal price, regulation market clearing capacity price, and regulation market performance clearing price. Conventional seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) modeling calibrates forecast residuals separately for each price and hour, without using their co-movement with…

Refinance a 200,000 mortgage. Current rate 7%, 300 months left. New rate: 7%. New term: 25 years. Closing costs: 4,000. That is not a refinance. It is the loan you already have, plus a bill for four thousand. My calculator, in green: Save $0.00/mo The number is right. The word is not. One ternary, three answers tag : monthlySave >= 0 ? { text : ' Save ' + fmt ( monthlySave , 2 ) + ' /mo ' , level…

A few weeks ago, if you asked what “trustless” means in Bitcoin, the simple answer would have been: no banks, no middlemen, nobody to trust. It is easy to understand why Bitcoin is described this way. It removes the need for a central authority to maintain the ledger and replaces that role with a network of participants following rules that can be independently verified. But the more I studied Bi…

Property renovations are a powerful way to increase a real estate asset’s value and income potential. For smart investors, the benefits go beyond just looks and rental rates, they also include significant tax advantages.  Knowing how to handle the tax side of your renovation projects isn’t just good practice, it’s essential for getting the most […] The post Renovating for Profit: Tax Benefits to …

From impact investing to climate risk consulting, sustainability is now a core component of the finance industry – and the Cambridge MFin has evolved to match the demand. We spoke to 2 Cambridge Judge alumni and Professor Khaled Soufani to find out what’s special about working in sustainable finance, the growing importance of ESG in the wider finance sector and how the MFin can help prepare stude…