Learn why cash flow statements are essential for business survival, how they track liquidity and solvency, and key strategies for financial management.

Savvy investors look at a company’s financial health before buying its stock. Some investors monitor a company’s free cash flow and review its cash flow statements to gauge how well it manages its ...

Small businesses may have losses in the first year or two of operations because it takes time to establish a market presence and generate enough revenues to cover costs. A loss does not necessarily ...

Poor cash flow has been the bane of many small businesses, because they often aren't able to keep large amounts of cash on hand to fund revenue shortfalls. Knowing how to improve your cash flow will ...

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, ...

FASB ISSUED CONCEPTS STATEMENT NO. 7 TO HELP CPAs who use present value and cash flow information as the basis for accounting measurements. Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting ...

Ben McClure is a seasoned venture finance advisor with 10+ years of experience helping CEOs secure early-stage investments. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society ...

Free cash flow is the lifeblood of a company. Do you know how to measure it? We're celebrating our 10-year anniversary this month and bringing back some blasts from the past. Free cash flow is near ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bridge loans, often called bridge financing or bridging loans, serve as short-term financial ...

If Senate President Tom Lee and state Rep. Randy Johnson have one thing in common, it's that spending two months each year away from their day jobs hasn't hurt their wallets. In fact, both have grown ...

Carnival Corp (CCL) reported strong free cash flow this morning for its Q3 ending Aug. 31. People love taking cruises more ...