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Learn how to tell if your business could be facing a cash crunch Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By ...

Cash generation is “king” for many investors selecting stocks. Earnings, dividends and asset values may be important factors, but it is ultimately a company’s ability to generate cash that fuels the ...

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 ...

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Financial planning and analysis might sound complicated, but it’s really about understanding your startup’s finances and using that knowledge to make smart decisions. Even if you’re great at numbers, ...

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As 2011 winds down, planning next year’s finances should be a priority. And if managing cash flow isn’t hard enough already, by now you should be creating — or perhaps fine-tuning — your projections ...

Cash flow analysis allows you to understand how money moves through your business, helping you get an idea of how much liquidity you have and where you might need to make changes. Your cash flow ...