“I am an investor in stocks with 30 years experience. I do not see anything I would buy in this market. Usually, a situation like that does not last long.”
There’s always something worth buying, but one has to be very careful. Personally, I think market dynamics have changed a lot because rapid electronic trading has made market participation more into a game than an investment strategy. The ‘in by 9, out by 3 (or sometimes out by 9:20) traders make money off of volatility, irrespective of which direction things are going. IMHO this adds significantly increased risk for the rest of us.
Stocks grow the most, over the long term, but can have long periods of decline.
In my mind, it only makes sense to move funds you plan on using within the next five years out of stocks.