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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A good overview: https://fortune.com/2022/12/28/investing-outlook-2023-fed-interest-rates-stocks-inflation-cheap-money-era/amp/

It's been the talk since quite some time ago and it's finally here.

The keyword is "the end of cheap money" if you want to Google some more.

[–] Kingkhan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of effect would this have the share prices? I guess for Spotify a $1 isn’t super crazy for people to accept, you’d think it’d rise?

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 1 year ago

At the very least, profitable companies can maintain their valuation. Unlike, say, Twitter valuation which dropped to a third of what Musk pay for because it's losing even more money after the takeover.