Talk:Cash is king
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For an October 2004 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Cash is king
Why has this page been marked for deletion? It seems to be very much alive. There have been several edits since I created it. User:Abelson
That's because most of the edits are the result of it being marked for deletion. Being marked for deletion brings attention to articles, and they are often greatly improved in the process. The Steve 14:53, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)
Please see this edit comparison where I removed a large block from the article. The phrase "Cash is king" relates to corporate valuation - the argument that cash flows are a better predictor of corporate value than profits, revenues, assets or other single metrics. A company with excellent profits and growing revenues can still go bankrupt if they do not keep adequate cash available. The term "cash" in this context includes actual currency and most easily convertible assets and even some near-term debt structures (such as corporate credit cards and revolving credit facilities).
The phrase is not generally used to describe consumer credit decisions. The block of text which I removed tries to tie the argument that "paying cash (strictly limited to currency) is better than using credit cards" to this phrase. That is not a generally accepted usage of the phrase. Rossami 16:47, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
There should be some mention of the phrase as a cliche used by excited idiots to sound smarter than they are.Aaronchall (talk) 20:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
