> The question is... as someone who's invested in the stock market, what do you do?
Nothing, unfortunately.
The problem is that the bubble is a stretch of time while the burst is an instant. So, you lose all the benefits of participating in the runup because you exited at the wrong time while you catch all the downside of the burst because it took out all the markets simultaneously.
Nothing, unfortunately.
The problem is that the bubble is a stretch of time while the burst is an instant. So, you lose all the benefits of participating in the runup because you exited at the wrong time while you catch all the downside of the burst because it took out all the markets simultaneously.