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If we’re looking long term (at least 1 year) isn’t this the best time to buy? When the VIX spikes above 45 to end the week?

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Apr 7, 2025 · 00:18

I was listening to a YouTube video that mentioned this stat. Now I know that it’s not recommended to get investing advice from YouTube, but this made a lot of sense. The person uses the VIX when the week ended and the correlates the average return on the S&P 500 1 year - 5 years later. Every single time this has happened (from 1990-2005) the return was higher on every time period. Most of the time, the return was over 100% higher in a 5 year period. With that being said, isn’t it a great time to buy? I understand people are talking about going into a recession, or a depression, or whatever the worst case scenario. But still, if you look at the prices of these companies, they look like a good deal. Isn’t now a better time to buy? Then say when we are in a bull market?