Cash flow is a term you might hear when discussing business, but did you know it pertains to your personal finances, too? Business cash flow refers to incoming and outgoing money in a company, and its ...

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Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Being able to assess a company’s operating cash flow (OCF)—and how ...

The first fundamental rule of doing business is ensuring a company generates the needed cash to pay for fixed and variable expenses while still turning a profit. Investors use a variety of methods to ...

Free cash flow is a measure that helps business owners, investors and others assess a business’s financial performance and outlook. Free cash flow is defined as operating cash flow minus capital ...

The cash flow statement reveals a lot about a business that you can't immediately find on the income statement or balance sheet. For example, many companies are profitable on the income statement, ...

A discounted cash flow, or DCF, analysis measures the value of a business or project, such as a new factory for your small business. This value equals the sum of all of the project's future annual ...