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And of course some companies esp the underperformING ones will disappear cuz it'll be that much harder for them to raise the capital needed from shareholders/investors to expand or stay in business eh.
It might affect IPOs in a way that the price of shares will align more realistically with the true value of the company.
That is not a bad thing.
Under-performing companies should have a hard time staying in business. That is not a bad thing.
Healthy companies, by and large, will not be affected. Their stock value will not affect their operations.
If this happens a Lotta companies will either go bankrupt or be bought out. Not great for the consumer tho cuz it may result in less choice & higher prices cuz there's less competition.
Companies that should go bankrupt going bankrupt is not a bad thing.
New companies will startup that can operate profitably.
The PE ratio of the US markets have indicated for a while that stock prices are out-of-line down there. We talked about this in the past, @Joe. The TSX PE ratio is under 20. It is way closer to where it should be.
It is too bad that some people are going to see their portfolios suffer. It is mostly going to hurt the newer investors as they have not seen the large, long term growth that long term investors have.
One thing that might be interesting to see is if some US investors bail on their 40 PE ratio US stock and buy some 15 PE ratio Canadian stock. This could possibly pump up the Canadian market and cause some volatility up here. Volatility is good for people who know how to time the ups and downs.