What is one inference that can be made to explain how most companies in the United States were doing as their stock value crashed?


a
The companies were most likely in financial ruin, just as their stockholders were.
b
The companies were able to hold on because they didn't need the money.
c
The companies held it together and hoped for stock prices to rise again.
d
The companies were in financial ruin because they paid all their stockholders in full.