1 Reason to Invest Now and 1 Reason to Wait

The year 2020 is only half over, but it has already heavily tested investors' mettle. The coronavirus pandemic caught the world by surprise and introduced unprecedented uncertainty and volatility into equities markets. However, the stock market has undergone a dramatic recovery since March's big crash, and the S&P 500 index is now roughly flat on the year.

Much of the market's remarkable resilience is rooted in efforts taken by the U.S. government, the Federal Reserve, and other countries and financial institutions to cut lending rates, inject stimulus funds, and implement other policies to buttress economies and equities markets. That makes evaluating the overall health of the market more difficult in some ways, and investors are now tasked with charting their stock-related strategies and activities for the rest of the year.

There are compelling rationales for continuing to buy and for staying on the sidelines.

Source Fool.com