# Two primers on spreading and global cash flow

> Two primers: what financial spreading is, with a worked example and the steps, and how global cash flow analysis is built across entities and guarantors.

| Guide | What it covers | Data current as of | URL |
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| What is financial spreading? Definition, example and how to spread a statement | A plain account of what a credit spread is, what standardization buys a lender, where the phrase gets confused with spreadsheets, and which parts of the job software genuinely finishes. | August 17, 2026 | https://financialspreadingsoftware.com/guides/what-is-financial-spreading |
| Global cash flow analysis explained, with the file shapes that make it necessary | What global cash flow is, how the calculation is built across entities and guarantors, the treatment decisions that change the answer, and why the phrase means something completely different outside lending. | October 1, 2026 | https://financialspreadingsoftware.com/guides/global-cash-flow-analysis-explained |

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