(If needed, click on the image to enlarge) In the chart above, arrow #1 is: $$ flowing to the Firm when it sells stocks and bonds $$ flowing from the Firm when it buys stocks and bonds $$ flowing to the Firm when it receives regular payments on stocks and bonds $ flowing from the Firm when it makes regular payments on stocks and bonds $$ flowing to the Firm when it receives tax payments $ flowing from the Firm when it makes tax payments $$ that the Firm keeps from its annual profits and puts back into its businesses