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This expert insight from Keith Fitz-Gerald originally ran in Total Wealth on October 17, 2018

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Keith Fitz-GeraldKeith Fitz-Gerald

Millions of investors find mergers to be complicated and murky undertakings, best left to Wall Street's "Armani Army."

I look at 'em differently and think you should, too.

That's because mergers are one of the single greatest profit generators out there.

Today, we're going to talk about why and how you could play along for big potential profits...

Why Free Cash Flow Is Your Key to Big Profits

Take the all-stock merger between Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) and L3 Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LLL) that was announced, for example.

The deal is a transaction between "equals" – meaning neither company is assuming a dominant position over the other. Instead, you're getting a single, far larger, integrated defense contractor.

The new and aptly named "L3 Harris Technologies Inc." will generate something on the order of $16 billion a year in sales that should translate into profits of around $2.5 billion, according to company representatives.

That's good by any stretch of the imagination.

But I'm into GREAT.

That's why I started Total Wealth and why we're in this together.

It's a well-proven formula... line up with one or more of the Six Unstoppable Trends, identify the world's best companies, then buy the ones making "must-have" products and services the world cannot live without.

That's what this merger is.

The newly formed contractor will instantly become the nation's sixth-largest defense contractor and a top-ten global defense supplier with 48,000 employees and customers in 100+ countries around the world.

Critically, this will also produce an estimated $1.9 billion in "free cash flow."

That's the key to life-changing profits, especially today, and especially when it comes to a transaction like this one.

Free cash flow – if you've never heard the term before – is the cash a company produces after it pays for operations, less the cost of capital expenditures.

That's a mouthful of very technical terminology, but there's a reason I want you to understand the term.

Free cash flow is a metric not unlike the cash you have in your pocket. Plan efficiently, and you've got more of it... after you've paid for your gas, your food, and other living expenses.

Click Here to Find Out Why Your Financial Future Could Change Forever on October 23rd

Companies use free cash flow as a barometer for potential business expansion.

Sadly, most investors don't pay a lot of attention to it, and the mainstream news outlets almost never discuss it.

They should.

Free cash flow is the one metric capable of sorting out the winners from the losers objectively, especially when it comes to big mergers and acquisitions like the L3-Harris deal.

You see, unlike most opinions, which are completely subjective, free cash flow is an objective measure that can provide great insight into things like operational efficiency, potential profitability, how much money is left over for buybacks or dividends, and more.

But I also like it for another reason.

Join the conversation. Click here to jump to comments…

Keith Fitz-GeraldKeith Fitz-Gerald

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Keith is a seasoned market analyst and professional trader with more than 37 years of global experience. He is one of very few experts to correctly see both the dot.bomb crisis and the ongoing financial crisis coming ahead of time - and one of even fewer to help millions of investors around the world successfully navigate them both. Forbes hailed him as a "Market Visionary." He is a regular on FOX Business News and Yahoo! Finance, and his observations have been featured in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, WIRED, and MarketWatch. Keith previously led The Money Map Report, Money Map's flagship newsletter, as Chief Investment Strategist, from 20007 to 2020. Keith holds a BS in management and finance from Skidmore College and an MS in international finance (with a focus on Japanese business science) from Chaminade University. He regularly travels the world in search of investment opportunities others don't yet see or understand.

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