Corporate free cash flow and cash on balance sheet is at an all-time high.

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Despite a rock-solid balance sheet and a continued strong flow of free cash?

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The theme running through these properties is low to moderate price-earnings ratios, impeccable balance sheet strength, high free cash flow generation and the capacity to indulge in financial engineering in the form of share buybacks, dividends and deal activity.

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But it also took a big risk by ploughing half of its free cash flow into financial services, betting that returns from this growing business would justify the increase in its balance-sheet leverage.

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