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Free Cash Flow?


Why is it that when you calculate free cash flow, you only subtract capital expenditures and not investments?

Investments can be easily sold for cash. A capital expenditure cannot be liquidated for what you paid; they have to be depreciated.

a capital expenditure is a wasting asset, while investments should retain value or grow, hopefully

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