Systemic risk. If a ton of smaller companies see their shares plummet all at the same time, there might be repercussions for the economy as a whole. It’s true t

Systemic risk. If a ton of smaller companies see their shares plummet all at the same time, there might be repercussions for the economy as a whole. It’s true that individual investors might be able to ride it out (and the same was true in 2008).