Tariffs, market crash, bias, acquiring SMBs ??

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by a professional from University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
in North Palm Beach, FL, USA

1yr ago

Tariffs, market crash, bias, acquiring SMBs ??

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Do you have a good reading on this topic? You might also enjoy the comments, assuming anybody makes any. Especially people plundering their way trying to buy and sell businesses, being gaslighted by the media about the implications of what's happening.

To what extent, and for how long, do you think articles like this are going to adversely affect the buying and selling, and the pricing thereof, a small and midsize businesses, worldwide? Why?

What about YOUR investments outside the company you own or want to buy?

My opinion: let's try to get past the biased reporting on this and related issues and think about what's in it for us. Those of us involved in the buying and selling, owning and managing, small and midsize businesses.

“You can’t really watch the stock market,” the president said last month. As retirement accounts take a severe hit, it's a little late for that.

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reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from Colorado State University in Fairfield, CT, USA

Definitely giving me pause on many deals. Even US-based manufacturing companies that benefit from tariffs are at risk due to potential recession and their own international supply chains. As such, recession-resistant services businesses continue to be attractive.

reply by a professional 11mos ago
from University of Southern California in North Palm Beach, FL, USA

Kind of like the profits, value, and marketability of the "essential" businesses during the pandemic, when the supply chain was disrupted and there were other aggravating factors, yes or no?