Why the stock market crash could be the buying opportunity of a lifetime – The National

Why the stock market crash could be the buying opportunity of a lifetime – The National

Mr Irani, who works for a cybersecurity company and is a member of SimplyFI.org, a non-profit community of UAE investment enthusiasts, says investors need to keep cool heads, because markets have been before.. By close of trading on Friday the index had fallen to 24 times earnings, but that is still higher than its long-term mean of 16.70 times earnings.. Mr Irani is rebalancing his portfolio of low-cost global exchange traded funds (ETFs) by selling a chunk of his bond holdings, which have risen during the crash, and using the profits to top up his equity funds, which have dropped.. "I am investing for the long run, so if markets fall further after I have invested, that doesn't worry me much," says Mr Da Silva, who has lived in Dubai for four years. ". When the market goes down more than 20 per cent, it takes more than 500 days to recover on average.. Christopher Davies, chartered financial planner at The Fry Group, says if you plan to leave your money in the market then short-term volatility is nothing to fear, but should be seen as a natural part of the market cycle.. Just because the market has gone down,