Can You Time the Stock Market? – Daily Flash Briefing

April 17, 2020 by Bautis Financial

The perception of market timing is often misconstrued. Stock market crashes are all but impossible to predict, even for the most informed investors.

In this clip from Episode 44 of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, Marc Bautis discusses whether or not you can time the stock market.

Because the stock market is a leading indicator, it’s impossible to “time the market.” By the time that it looks like the COVID-19 virus is under control and the economy is back in good shape, the market will have already recovered and you’d essentially be buying back where stock prices were, or at new highs.

Marc Bautis says you can look to 2008 and 2009 as a classic example of this.