# Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his views on the impact of the trade war on the stock market

1 Faculty News May 31, 2019 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027305.jpg?itok=Ipx0jiaQ)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/stocks-of-trade-war-victims-offer-long-term-gains-dean-of-valuation.html) -- "'The market is pricing in an extended trade war, which means if you’re buying these stocks, you’re not buying them for the near term, you’re buying them for the long term,' he said. 'Now, \[it depends on\] how much of a strong stomach you have, but that’s what I’d look at.'"

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