I don’t disagree about the privacy issue, but the phrase “cash is king” refers to the following...
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Cash is king" is an expression sometimes used in analyzing businesses or investment portfolios. It may refer to the importance of
cash flow in the overall fiscal health of a
business. For investors it may also describe times when it is advantageous to have a large percentage of cash or
short-term debt instruments available either due to falling financial markets or due to the availability of investment opportunities.
The phrase was a favorite of
Alex Spanos and has sometimes appeared in
Motley Fool articles and commentaries. It describes the importance of sufficient cash as an asset in the business for short term operations, purchases and acquisitions. A company could have a large amount of
accounts receivables on its
balance sheet which would also increase
equity, but the company could still be short on
cashwith which to make purchases, including paying
wages to workers for
labor. Unless it was able to convert its
accounts receivable and other
current assets to cash quickly, it could fail and be technically
bankrupt despite a positive net worth.
The origin of ”cash is king” is not clear. It was used in 1988, after the global stock market crash in 1987, by
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, who at the time was Chief Executive Officer of Swedish car group Volvo.
The phrase was widely used during the global financial crisis, which started in the fall of 2008. In the recession which followed the financial crisis, the phrase was often used to describe companies which could avoid share issues or bankruptcy. ”Cash is king” is relevant also to households, i.e., to avoid foreclosures.
... Notice how privacy is NOT the issue to which this phrase is relevant. When pilots misuse terms like this, we just look dumb to those in finance and indeed those executives “leading” CX. It’s akin to bad grammar.