“Move into those you wished you owned but were too expensive.' This year’s selloff has been equally punishing for many stocks, he said. “Markets are not just the current economy, they look ahead.' “The bad news is so stacked up that people are under-appreciating the fact that there are several plausible pieces of good news that could affect the market positively,' he said, citing a change in Russia’s approach to the war in Ukraine, the release of more oil by Saudi Arabia and a pause in rate hikes by the Fed. Blankfein, who steered Goldman Sachs through the brutal 2008-09 financial crisis, said the market’s outlook may not be as dire as many believe. I don’t want to bother buying them, even if they could go higher.' “But I’m a bear on things that are expensive. That doesn’t seem to suggest that investors have reached the point of capitulation. The S&P 500 is trading well below its peaks during the dot-com bust and post-pandemic rally but far above the range reached during the worst of the 2007-09 financial crisis. Why? The Shiller price-to-earnings ratio-a measure of the market’s overall valuation named after Nobel Prize-winning Yale economist Robert Shiller-shows that equities are still relatively pricey. The problem is, identifying the moment of peak fear-when investors have gotten so pessimistic there’s nowhere for prices to go but up-almost always boils down to guesswork, Mr. He is known within his industry as the “godfather of smart beta,' a reference to funds that allocate money based on factors like companies’ dividend payments, sales, or volatility. Arnott, the son of a pastor who turned a love of computers, math and research into investment advisory business Research Affiliates. Buy too late, and you will have missed the best opportunity to make a profit. And that hasn’t happened yet, in his opinion.īuy too early, and your investments will fall further. Investors should wait until markets have hit their bottom to buy, says Mr. Most do agree this wild ride isn’t going to smooth out anytime soon.

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