In such a horrific scenario, I imagine the stocks of companies with low-duration free cash flows (i.e., generating profits in the near future and trading at rea

In such a horrific scenario, I imagine the stocks of companies with low-duration free cash flows (i.e., generating profits in the near future and trading at reasonable multiples of those profits) would hold up the best, because they can pay greater dividends, buy back more shares, be more likely to go private at a premium, etc. As for the stocks of companies with high-duration cash flows (i.e., companies for which the majority of profits lies far in the future, trading at optimistic multiples of those distant profits)... I imagine they would suffer the worst declines. However, I agree with JumpCrisscross (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18763124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18763124) that such a horrific scenario is unlikely.