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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

This goes back to before the stock market crash of 1929. A 1932 research paper showed firms had loaded up with cash and post-crash, “companies were flush with cash and investors beleaguered,” which they wouldn’t pay out. Zweig writes that any form of modified profit isn’t cash flow. Medical insurance expense.

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Inflate the Swimming Toys Not Your Assets

Martinka Consulting

Yes, they can inflate their resume, like they do for jobs, and that’s why relationship is so important. Can inventory values be inflated, sure, but if the deal says the lower of cost or market the value can’t be more than the cost. Cash flow is, however, the tricky one. Why didn’t the bank(s) verify? This one seems easy.