Agree with only speculate with what you are comfortable losing, speculation brings the greatest awards.
I disagree that cash is king, there is much value out there in solid, big cash flow institutions, the beat up bank sector is one of them, not sure if the bleeding is over yet but even if you bought in a bit too soon, big deal. When you have Wells Fargo trading at what was is 4 times earnings down from 11 times earnings before this virus scare. WFC is one example, they are all beaten up. I am only talking "safer" "bets" here, stocks that WILL always come back, not as much reward maybe but WILL come back. (maybe*L* only invest what you can lose) Granted earnings are going to take a hit but the stock is down 50% for that and built into the price, I doubt we will see a 50% hit in its profit ... something like WFC also pays a handsome dividend.
A great play for me was Walmart WMT Im up 20% (or more) and trading at its high right now. Im up 25% from March 2019 and actually bought more last week. Not sure if I would buy right now but I MAY on the dips.
None of these stocks will make you rich from a small investment but they are pretty safe investments that provide a nice return over time, maybe more so, when the market is going sideways, no ways or down.
Regardless of what I type, never invest more then you are willing to lose in specific stocks, high rewards cares high risk. For the typical person, simply pick some index funds which beat most stock funds. Actually in my 401K that is what I do and as I type this I am going to increase my contribution to the max.
Anything I say or anyone says about the market take with a grain of salt and research, for most, they are better off in funds and most funds find it hard to beat the simple index funds.
Many experts as I type this most likely have gone bankrupt others have not, no one knows if this virus scare will be a self defeating scare that drives us into a depression instead of the expected recession.
But it doesnt stop me because I invest what I can afford to lose even though I think I am on the right track here.
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