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While your points are very solid, the first point may be overweighted. I can see why some naive in stocks may weight lower on lower rates, i can tell you as so
by Vaslo 4y ago
While your points are very solid, the first point may be overweighted. I can see why some naive in stocks may weight lower on lower rates, i can tell you as someone in corp finance we never adjusted our risk rates (weighted average cost of capital) below 12% (which is what they have been 5-7 years ago. These types of downturns are modeled in. Yes there are some cowboys that aggressively drop these rates, but it’s very risky. We are seeing some folks suffer now because of this and more soon for sure.
- HFguy 4y agoWhat? Rates matter. A lot. If you are in some corp fin job and you discount projects at 12%...fine. But saying they don't matter for equity valuations doesn't make sense. The evidence, not just lately, but throughout the last 100 years is overwhelmingly that they matter.