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> Can the public markets pony up the cash in the short timeframe? Yes, very easily, American households alone plop a few hundred billion to over a trillion dol
by JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
> Can the public markets pony up the cash in the short timeframe?
Yes, very easily, American households alone plop a few hundred billion to over a trillion dollars into the stock market every quarter. Whether investors want to is another question. (The answer, at least to the tune of $75bn for SpaceX, seems to be yes.)
- energy123 5mo agoWhat I mean is that investors don't want to pony up the cash at current market prices. They want a discount. Then they will pony up the cash Just like creditors demand higher rates on investment grade bonds, investors are demanding a higher risk premium if they're going to be expected to keep piling in cash to this particular sector that's diluting and raising.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> investors don't want to pony up the cash at current market prices I don't think anyone can say this until the IPO goes out. Right now, all we're seeing is discount rates being adjusted market wide in anticipation of a rate hike.
- gizajob 5mo agoI thought most of those households was massively in debt?