James Mackintosh wrote a Wall Street Journal article titled Money-Losing Companies Mushroom Even as Stocks Hit New Highs.
« The combination of forces has pushed the percentage of listed companies in the U.S. losing money over 12 months to close to 40%, its highest level since the late 1990s outside of postrecession periods. »
« The proportion of U.S.-listed companies losing money for three years reached its highest last year in data stretching back to the late 1990s, according to calculations by Andrew Lapthorne, global head of quantitative research at Société Générale. »
« Investor tolerance of losses shows up most obviously in new issues, where about three-quarters of IPOs were made by loss-making companies last year, according to University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter. »
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