If you have any faith in economic indicators, right now seems like a terrible time to buy stocks. A long bull market has pushed the major market indices up to record highs.From the end of 2022 through Nov. 19, the benchmark S&P 500 index rose a stunning 54.1%. As is often the case during bull runs, earnings from the index's components haven't risen as quickly. As a result, the S&P 500's cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio, or CAPE ratio, recently shot up past 35 for the third time in more than 150 y ...