If a company is seen as cutting back on its growth or is less profitable — either through higher debt expenses or less revenue — the estimated
amount of future cash flows will drop.
Not exact matches
Shorts work in the same way but opposite direction to calls, and forwards and
futures contracts are more about
cash flow management: making sure you have the right
amount of money in the right currency at the right time regardless
of changes in the costs
of raw materials or currencies.
When you buy a bond, you convert a given
amount of liquid funds into
future cash flows, and when you sell a bond, you convert
future cash flows into readily available capital.
Other common loans include a line
of credit, which gives the borrower access to a certain
amount of funds at any given time; a merchant
cash advance, an advance based on
future revenues
of a business; and invoice factoring, in which invoices are sold for a lump sum
of cash to improve
cash flow and reduce debt.
But if I lose my job tomorrow, I'd have rather spent a short
amount of time aggressively paying down debts (reducing «
future cash flow to payments») than having a little bit fatter 401k.
Fisher spends a decent
amount of time on balance sheets, market share, competitive advantage, and use
of cash flow for
future investment.
But usually there are a few that are priced in such a way that my estimated
future cash flows will be significant relative to the
amount of money it takes to buy that business.