Buy when there is blood in the streets. Even if it’s your own blood.
From an article
“Contrarian investors have historically made their best investments during times of market turmoil. In the
crash of 1987, the Dow dropped 22% in one day in the U.S. In the 1973-’74 bear market, the market lost 45% in about 22 months. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, also resulted in a major market drop. The list goes on and on, but those are times when contrarians found their best investments.
The 1973-’74 bear market gave Warren Buffett the opportunity to purchase a stake in the Washington Post Co. , an investment that has subsequently increased by more than 100 times the purchase price–that’s before
dividends are included.”