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Investing Odds

Is this a good time to buy?

Yes and no. The contrarians are salivating but one can not discount the real risk in this market. Obama’s policies are so radically different on so many different levels that there is a chance that the game may be changed for a decade.

It would be foolish to expect a rapid resurgence in prices. It will likely be a long slow slug from current levels. One should not be testing bottoms here without a lot of patience.

But it would be a good time to begin to buy the strongest players in the weakest industries; especially steel, cars, and banks. A more conservative play would be to starting frequent buying of low cost index funds, especially if the market continues to fall.

Here is my gut risk assessment of this market. There is a 50% chance that we are less than a 1000 points away from a bottom. While 1000 points seems like a wide margin it is small considering the 6,000 drop in the last 9 months. Even if we do bottom above a 6,000 Dow the time frame could be long. This is no time for impatient investors.

I see a 20% chance that the market could drop far beyond 6,000 to say 4,000 and a 10% chance it can go beyond that. I see a 10% chance that we could rebound significantly and rapidly from near current levels. I see this last probability largely because of the massive monetary infusion. The market may benefit from inflation.

Cash and patience are king, but opportunities are available that we may not see again in our lifetimes.

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