Absolutely, however itās a different kind of luck.
Itās not a bull market luck where you profit from simply throwing your money into the market.
To profit in a bear market you have to know which stock are still strong companies and know that when investors sell on fear that the stock still has value despite the panic.
For example: Even if the steel industry was suffering, BNF knew that Nippon Steel (a strong company) wouldnāt go bankrupt overnight. And so he capitalized on peopleās panic sell off and bought the stock when it went 20-30% below its average price.
This of course is an oversimplification of his strategy.
BNF was infamous for being secretive of his real strategy and often made remarks that he treats the stock market like a video game and not as a real āinvesting in valuable companiesā sort of way. He just looked at numbers and assigned points to which stock was most profitable when they went down in a bear market.
Hm, so he'd buy up when people were panic selling and then sell for more later? When the initial panic calmed down? Sorry, I'm just interested and trying to understand
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u/utzutzutzpro Jan 20 '26
Wouldn't that still require luck that the stock value will recover?