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FUM - Funds Under Management

What's all the fuss about FUM? Why are finance managers so obsessed with how much money they have under management? And how have fintechs and startups got in on the mix with this. Last but not least, active or passive? This short little episode looks as the wonderful world of funds under management. Transcript for episode here (well minus my ad libs): https://simplefinance.blog/2019/07/16/fum-funds-under-management/ 

07-16
05:55

SaaS -Software as a Service

Here's an acronym that is doing the rounds - SaaS. Whether it's about IPOs of companies, unicorn valuations or simply just in the newsprint, software as a service is a topic that everyone is talking about. With a little prod from Coffee and a Case Note founder JD'Ap, and with the opening line of Wiki on this being a shocker, I thought I would cover this one this week in a little more detail.

06-23
05:34

EPS - Earnings Per Share

Introduction Earnings Per Share is one of the few Transcript Here's the transcript - be aware, it has typos, and I'm sure I ad libbed, but I'd rather you had it than not. You can find it here.

03-05
03:49

CAGR - Compound annual growth rate

Introduction In today's minicast we look at CAGR or compound annual growth rate. Transcript For the rough transcript - minus the ad libs I always have you can head here.

03-03
05:18

CAC - Customer Acquisition Cost

Introduction The 1st of hopefully what will be many minicasts on personal and business finance topics. Transcript Full transcript (though note I happily ad lib) here.

03-02
04:06

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