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Plain-English definitions for the terms you'll encounter on your financial journey.

📖 1402 Terms Defined
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Bridge Loan💳 Debt & Credit

A short-term loan used to provide immediate cash flow until a person or company secures permanent financing or sells an asset.

Burn Rate🏪 Small Business

The pace at which a new company spends its available capital before it begins generating a positive cash flow.

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Cash Flow💰 Personal Finance

The total amount of money being transferred into and out of an individual's accounts over a period of time.

Cash Flow Management🏪 Small Business

The process of tracking and optimizing the amount of money coming into and going out of a business to ensure it remains solvent.

Cash Flow Statement🏪 Small Business

A financial report showing how money enters and leaves a business during a specific period. It helps owners understand whether the business has enough cash to cover its expenses.

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DCF📈 Investing

Discounted Cash Flow is a method used to estimate the value of an investment today based on how much money it is expected to generate in the future. It works like calculating how much a tree is worth now based on the total value of all the fruit it will produce over the next ten years, adjusting for the fact that money is worth more now than later.

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Free Cash Flow📈 Investing

The cash a company produces through its operations minus the cost of expenditures on assets, representing available capital.

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Invoice Factoring🏪 Small Business

A financial transaction where a business sells its unpaid invoices to a third party at a discount to improve cash flow.

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Negative Cash Flow💰 Personal Finance

A situation where your monthly expenses exceed your monthly income, leading to a decrease in cash or an increase in debt.

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Operating Cash Flow📈 Investing

The amount of cash generated by a company's normal business operations, indicating its ability to maintain and grow its business.

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Positive Cash Flow💰 Personal Finance

A financial situation where the amount of money coming into your household is greater than the amount going out.

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Reinvestment Risk📈 Investing

The risk that an investor will be unable to reinvest cash flows from an investment at a rate equal to their current rate of return.

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Swap📈 Investing

A derivative contract through which two parties exchange the cash flows or liabilities from different financial instruments.