Chapter 10. Flow of Funds

Chapter Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should

  • Understand why knowledge of the flow of funds is important to determining stock market valuation

  • Understand why liquidity plays an important role in potential stock market valuation

  • Be familiar with measurements of market liquidity

  • Understand the relationship between Federal Reserve policy and the cost of funds

Thus far, we have covered four of the five necessary ingredients for making a reasonable assessment of the markets’ future direction. We have looked at the primary trend, as defined in the Dow Theory; at sentiment, to see how different types of investors are thinking and acting; at market indicators, as confirmation of or divergence from the trend; at seasonality; ...

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