Opportunities are plentiful in a bear market
@Chris23:
In my last article, I expressed how we have just entered the second phase of the bear market where corporate earnings start to fall due to weak consumer demand. This thesis is supported by Michael Burry, who claims that despite the worst start to a year in five decades, we are only halfway through the bear market. Even Chicken Genius Singapore said in his latest video that he is bearish in the short term as he expects earnings to fall.The current macroeconomic issues definitely pose a heavy challenge to US companies as consumer sentiment starts to fade in anticipation of an inevitable recession. Since the start of the year, companies have been issuing weak forward guidance as they struggle to satisfy investors who have been expecting a post-pandemic economic boom. This led to phase one of