Sometimes we can see a trend in where the flow has been and even predict where it is going because of these recognizable patterns.

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Depending on the data flow through the July-September period, it looks like we could see a -0.5% to -1% annualized pace for the current quarter.

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Just about every day we see large corporations with strong balance sheets and excess cash flow decide the best use they can make of the money is to return it to shareholders by repurchasing shares that increase the earnings per share behind all the remaining shares.

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It may help to write out a flow chart, that way we can see every single step and keep breaking the steps down into smaller and smaller pieces.

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