

"But if you're a long-term investor, volatility is your friend, and these periods can prove to be really, really good entry points. They smell blood and they just continue," Tengler said. "The bears are rarely in charge, so they hate to let go. Still, she urged investors to not let market fears factor into their investing strategies, instead emphasizing the current opportunity to take on more risks while stocks are still downtrodden. "The Fed has been so far behind the curve for so long that the market took things into its own hands and drove up rates and sold off stocks as though we were in a recession."ĭespite her positive long-term outlook, Tengler forecasts an especially choppy summer for stocks. "What we have to recognize is that we're starting from a much stronger economy than we have in many other difficult periods," Tengler told Insider in an exclusive interview, pointing to a strong labor market, flush consumer savings, and unfolding markdowns in goods and services that should help compress seething inflation numbers. Stocks may have briefly rebounded last week after sliding into bear market territory earlier this month, but Nancy Tengler says it's not yet the light at the end of the tunnel for investors.īut Tengler - who serves as the CEO and chief investment officer of Laffer Tengler Investments - isn't particularly worried about a potential economic downturn. Here are 15 stocks Tengler is buying to add risk while simultaneously protecting her portfolio.But raging market volatility and a looming recession have complicated investors' decisions.


Nancy Tengler says the bear market has presented "once-in-a-generation" investment opportunities.
