It’s Time for Investors to Stop Buying Stocks That Are ‘Stunningly Decoupled’ from Reality, Economist Warns

by Shawn Langlois
Market Watch

‘The investing challenge may well shift in the months ahead from riding an exceptional wave of liquidity, which lifted virtually all asset prices, to steering through a general correction in prices and complex individual nonpayments.’

That’s Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz’s chief economic adviser, talking about what investors should expect going forward, as “the financial stress caused by COVID-19 is far from over.”

El-Erian, the former Pimco CEO, pointed to several “worrying signs,” including a record-breaking pace for corporate bankruptcies, job losses moving from small and medium-size firms to larger ones, and more households falling behind on rents, to name a few.

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