6 min read · April 27, 2026

Why Investment Planning Without Benefits Tracking Is Just Budgeting

The missing accountability layer that separates capital allocation from capital performance Most investment planning processes are remarkably effective at allocating capital and remarkably poor at... Read more

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Bastin Gerald
April 27, 2026  ·  6 min read
Rule of 72
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Rule of 72

If you want to see for how long you have to invest your money in order to double it, with…

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Sales-to-Admin-Expenses
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Sales to Admin Expenses

This efficiency ratio is used to measure if a company is efficient at managing its non-operating expenses in order to…

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Enterprise-Value-explained
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Enterprise Value explained

The enterprise value (EV) is a direct representative of the economic value of a company – in other words, how…

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The Basics of EBITDA
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

The basics of EBITDA

When you want to understand how a certain company thrives in a particular industry, you need to have certain formulas…

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Sortino Ratio
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Sortino Ratio

The Sortino ratio is an alternative to the Sharpe ratio, as it isolates the effects volatility has on investments. This…

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EBITA-and-how-It-works
Finance KPIs
2 min read · November 14, 2018

EBITA and how It works

EBITA, short for Earnings Before Interest Taxes and Amortization, is a formula that calculates the operational profitability of a company…

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Times interest Earned Ratio
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Times interest Earned Ratio

Also called the interest coverage ration sometimes, the times interest earned ratio is a coverage ratio. It can calculate the…

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understanding-ebit
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Understanding EBIT

Shortened from Earnings before Interest and Taxes, and also referred to as the operating income, is an equation that measures…

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Treynor Ratio
Finance KPIs
3 min read · November 14, 2018

Treynor Ratio

Also known as the reward to volatility ratio sometimes, the Treynor ratio is basically a risk assessment formula. It can…

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