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CEOs Can’t Fight The Fed, But You Can Do These Things To Weather The Coming Storm

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s read-my-lips, we’re-not-fooling press conference should confirm for everyone that they’ll do what it takes—including engineer a recession—to bring inflation down. Inflation varies by sector, sub-sector, geographic market and other factors. to make more costs variable). Cash is king.

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Exclusive: Jim Collins on ‘Thriving In Chaos’

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They didn’t do well in that environment, and the engine blocks cracked. It’s hard to tell what’s leadership prowess and what’s luck when you’re in a rising market. And if we do that, we can’t help but grow revenues per fixed cost. If you’re going to bet your life on a strategy, bet on dogs and sleds.”.