Value investors will tell you that the best time to buy stocks is when there's blood in the streets. When the market is so overrun with panic that it offers discounts on strong businesses, that's when the smartest value investors swoop in to buy.
It wasn't that long ago, for instance, that Warren Buffett, arguably the greatest value investor of our times, was criticized for having too much cash. With the market in sharp decline recently because of coronavirus fears, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that Buffett is getting ready to deploy some of that cash to pick up businesses for a cheap price.
While you and I don't have Buffett's billions in extra cash lying around, the market's declines may be offering opportunities for our more modest nest eggs. Here are three ideas for your consideration on where to potentially invest $10,000 right now.