Lesson 7 of 7 · 2 min
Investments
Add financing and capital items to the cash picture.
Not every large cash movement is revenue or an operating cost.
Liquidity → Investments follows the same Overview and plan-library pattern as the other three areas — currently selected plan, a chart, Merge plans and New plan.
New plan asks for a Plan name, Select plan source and a cut-off date, then a Select items dropdown for each of four groups: Debt/Loan, Equity investments, Capital expenditure and Other cashflows, before the same Read/Write/Approve table.
The four groups are a classification by economic purpose — borrowing, equity, long-lived assets, and everything else material that doesn't fit those three. Sign and direction matter more here than anywhere else in planning: receiving loan proceeds is an inflow, and repaying the principal later is an outflow, both inside Debt/Loan.
- 1Currently selected plan
- 2Chart — here, a steady monthly outflow
- 3Merge plans and New plan
- 4Plan library
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- 1Plan source and cut-off date
- 2The four groups — Debt/Loan, Equity investments, Capital expenditure, Other cashflows
- 3Read, Write and Approve, per person
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Takeaways
Four groups by economic purpose: Debt/Loan, Equity investments, Capital expenditure, Other cashflows.
The same item type can be an inflow or an outflow — a loan received versus a loan repaid, both in Debt/Loan.
Once created, select the plan in the scenario that should use it.
Surfaces covered
- Liquidity
Micro-check
Two quick questions
Practice only — nothing here is scored or recorded.
1. The company draws down a loan, then repays principal six months later. How are the two events represented?
2. A new production machine is being purchased outright. Which group does it belong to?