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Summary
- Pessimistic market sentiment often creates generational buying opportunities.
- Legendary investors like Warren Buffett have made fortunes by being greedy when others are fearful.
- Unfortunately, while the data points provide grounds for being fearful, the market is still greedy. We could make a case for experiencing 'the everything bubble'.
- I discuss two areas where even risk-averse investors, such as retirees who chase durable income, could deploy capital without losing sleep at night over their dividends and long-term value stability.
Usually, when the sentiment is pessimistic, it is an opportunity to buy before the emotions shift back into a more bullish mode. There is a quite popular investing quote on this:
The time to
Roberts Berzins, CFA
Roberts Berzins has over a decade of experience in the financial management helping top-tier corporates shape their financial strategies and execute large-scale financings. He has also made significant efforts to institutionalize REIT framework in Latvia to boost the liquidity of pan-Baltic capital markets. Other policy-level work includes the development of national SOE financing guidelines and framework for channeling private capital into affordable housing stock. Roberts is a CFA Charterholder, ESG investing certificate holder, has had an internship in Chicago board of trade (albeit, being resident and living in Latvia), and is actively involved in "thought-leadership" activities to support the development of pan-Baltic capital markets.
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