Fund Flow
Fund flow statements seek to answer the age-old question that's been plaguing many of us for years: Where did it come from, and where did it go? By “it,” we mean money...and we think it’s going to take more than asking Cotton Eye Joe to get us the information we need.
The term “fund flow” might sound like some sort of financial yoga, but really, it’s pretty simple. Fund flow refers to how much money comes in…and how much money goes out. At the household level, our funds flowing in would include our salary, any interest we receive on accounts we have, and the extra cash we get for our side job cutting puppy toenails. Our funds flowing out include our bills, any tax payments, and any other random expenses or purchases. On the organizational level, fund flow works the same way, but usually with a lot more transactions to consider.
When we look at fund flow, we’re not making any value judgments about how the money is spent or earned. We don’t care about whether our company’s stock is over-or-underperforming, for example, and if a quarter of our household income this month went to prepping for Comic-Con, well…everyone has their thing. All we care about with fund flow evaluation is figuring out whether we’re netting money or losing money. Like we said before, how much is coming in...and how much is going out. We can look at fund flow by the week, month, quarter, year, whatevs.
Investors and analysts look at fund flow statements to gauge how particular market sectors or types of assets are doing overall. Typically (and of course there are exceptions), a big negative fund flow indicates a lack of investor confidence, while a big positive fund flow indicates the opposite. They can then make predictions and investments based on the trends they see.
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And finance Allah shmoop What is the outflow of capital
All right well you are a stunningly deep sleeper One
day you fall asleep on the beach just before the
tide comes in When you wake up covered in you
know seaweed and surrounded by a flopping fish You find
that everything you brought to the beach was washed out
to the sea Your towel's your beach umbrella You're cooler
with the mango juice and the cops you know made
out of coconuts And your wallet Yeah that thing with
that stack of cash you brought for vacation Well capital
outflow in a nutshell Well in a coconut shell anyway
Riel life capital outflow refers to the same concept but
only on a national level That is assets move out
of the country They flow out Investors pull their money
out of one place because they think their cash will
be better off somewhere else You're an investor in a
Su Mak farm in the small Mediterranean nation of Slovenia
The king dies and his dopey son takes over the
throne So yeah you're sure the new king's policies will
ruin the country's economy and run everything businesswise into the
ground So you closed down your Su Mak farm and
you buy another one in a neighbouring country with a
more stable future in a way smarter Qing Capital Outflow
out of Slovenia and into its neighbour That's what's happening
Well Capital outflow doesn't just involve foreigners moving money from
one overseas investment to another Citizens of a country might
move assets out of that nation if they think they'LL
be safer somewhere else So let's go to China It's
a country with a restrictive government and not a huge
respect for the rule of law for its individuals Like
if you're a rich person in China well you'LL want
to get as much of your money out is you
can most likely anyway move it somewhere else somewhere safer
somewhere less scrutinizing So you take what cash you can
and you look for investments elsewhere outside of the restrictive
rules of China So you buy an apartment in Paris
and maybe a small castle with little golf course in
Scotland and then you come back around and buy a
cotton candy factory with corn in Iowa Or maybe you
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