katerina turevich (asker) Sep 16, 2007:

Clue! Спасибо за заметку о стиле. Сама я не заметила:-) Что такое П, я не знаю. По заданному порядку похоже на capital equity (by the way, is it capital or home equity, or owner's equity?) Relying on the adequate ability of those who wrote this text, i leave it as is. Here it is from the source:
CF
fin
CF
inv
CF
Poper
CF
PE = P + P + P , где:
CF
PE – денежный поток на собственный капитал;
CF
Poper – денежный поток от производственной деятельности;
CF
Pinv – денежный поток от инвестиционной деятельности;
CF
Pfin – денежный поток от финансовой деятельности.

Clue Sep 16, 2007:

У Вас обозначения были на английском? Что значит "P"?
CF from operating activities
CF from investing activities
CF from financing activities
А то у Вас единообразия нет.

katerina turevich (asker) Sep 16, 2007:

Hey guys, thanks for replies, sometime in the morning i got 'the cash flow to the equity'. I originally had it literally as in 'on' . If i look at the current discussion, i get goosebumps on the back of my head. The whole thing was illustrated with the following formula
fin
CF
inv
CF
oper
CF
PE = P + P + P , where :
CF
PE – cash flow onto capital equity:
;
CF
Poper – industrial operations cash flow;
CF
Pinv – cash flow from investments;
CF
Pfin – cash flow from financial operations
I am sorry i didn't include it from the start. Can somebody clarify it?

Andrey Lipattsev Sep 16, 2007:

Dear Mr. Misha, I can tell from your comment that you must be a divination expert. You can see things in the original phrase that are not there. In that case I defer to your expertise and let the question's author decide.

Clue Sep 16, 2007:

Чтобы избежать споров, Катерине следует привести формулу, которая издет за этой фразой

The Misha Sep 16, 2007:

Mr.Lipattsev,I can tell from your answer that you are not a finance expert. From what I see of the original phrase,it is fairly straightforward and unambiguous.You just need to know what the accepted terminology is - or abstain from making suggestions.

Andrey Lipattsev Sep 16, 2007:

In strict accounting terms we should probably have a look at the text as a whole before we pass judgment on what the situation has or doesn't have to do with. I believe there's a Russian dictum that applies here: "За что купил, за то и продаю".

The Misha Sep 16, 2007:

In strict accounting terms, your situation here has nothing to do with cash flows, free or otherwise. ROI may be positive with negative cash flows (here's where the quality of earnings concerns come in).