The Two and Twenty Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann give a primer on finance.Topics discussed on today’s show include:Hedge fundsVenture capitalPrivate equity Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.Slate Money is brought to you by Braintree. Looking to set up payments for your business? Braintree gives your app or website a payment solution that accepts just about every payment method with one simple integration. Plus, we’ll give you your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. To learn more, visit BraintreePayments.com/slatemoney . And by SAP HANA. SAP HANA helps the world’s best companies get the answers they need to become more agile, develop new streams of revenue, and predict the future. Run SAP. And Run Simple. Visit sap.com/reimagine to learn more. And by MileIQ. If you’re one of the 60 million Americans who drive for work then you know that your miles are your dollars. Every mile you don’t log is money that you are losing. MileIQ is the only mileage-tracker app that detects, logs, and calculates your miles for you, ensuring that every mile is accounted for and no dollar is lost. Try MileIQ for free today by texting SLATEMONEY to 31996.
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| 0:00.0 | Slate Money is brought to you by Braintree. |
| 0:04.7 | Looking to set up payments for your business, Braintree gives your app or website a payment solution that accepts just about every payment method with one simple integration. |
| 0:14.7 | Plus, we'll give you your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. |
| 0:19.7 | To learn more, visit braintree Payments.com slash slate money. |
| 0:24.9 | And by SAPHana. SAPHana helps the world's best companies get the answers they need to become more |
| 0:31.5 | agile, develop new streams of revenue, and predict the future. Run SAP and run simple. |
| 0:38.9 | Visit SAP.com slash reimagined to learn more. |
| 0:43.5 | And by Mile IQ. |
| 0:45.7 | If you're one of the 60 million Americans who drive for work, then you know that your |
| 0:49.6 | miles are your dollars. |
| 0:51.5 | Every mile you don't log is money that you are losing. |
| 0:54.9 | Mile IQ is the only mileage tracker app that detects, logs, and calculates your miles for you, |
| 1:01.0 | ensuring that every mile is accounted for and no dollar is lost. Try Mile IQ for free today |
| 1:07.0 | by texting Slate Money to 31996. That's Slate Money to 31996. |
| 1:20.3 | Hello and welcome to a very special 2 and 20 edition of Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week. |
| 1:30.7 | Although this week, it's not really the week. |
| 1:34.3 | We have answered your prayers because, well, your emails. |
| 1:39.5 | We don't hear your prayers. |
| 1:41.3 | We do hear your email, SlateMoney at Slate.com. |
| 1:43.7 | And you have been asking us to talk about alternative assets and this whole thing called 2 and 20. And for many of you who don't necessarily know what that is, we will tell you. I'm Felix Sam on a Fusion. I'm joined, as always, by Kathy O'Neill, the data scientist and blogger at |
| 2:01.8 | Mathbabe.org. Hello, Felix. Hello, Kathy. And Slate's moneybox columnist Jordan |
| 2:06.7 | Weissman. Hello, Felix. Have you got a number for this week, Jordan? Felix is gesturing, |
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