Ben Carlson, Columnist

Dumpster Diving for Stocks Is a Viable Strategy

The biggest question when sorting through the bargain bin is how much bad news is priced in.

September 12, 2017 at 1:00 PM UTC

Ben Carlson is director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He is the author of "Organizational Alpha: How to Add Value in Institutional Asset Management."

Bottom-fishing.
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Buy low, sell high. Buy when there’s blood in the streets. Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.

These investing aphorisms are all well-known, but today’s investing environment makes them very difficult to follow. Investors are having a tough time finding value in a bull market.