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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The minute they do the stock market will collapse.”

No way. If anything, many companies in the stock market will greatly benefit from inflation and higher interest rates.


18 posted on 01/17/2022 8:20:55 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad
No way. If anything, many companies in the stock market will greatly benefit from inflation and higher interest rates.

Not true. The asset bubble created by investors taking out bank debt and putting it immediately into equities would go away if rates get too high.

That would cause a major downswing in stocks, and many companies would be hurt.

28 posted on 01/17/2022 8:25:42 AM PST by politicket
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No way. If anything, many companies in the stock market will greatly benefit from inflation and higher interest rates.

Especially those sitting on huge piles of cash like oh, say Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple ...

50 posted on 01/17/2022 8:34:28 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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