It's a good time to buy cheap stocks in some sectors right now, according to Oakmark Funds' Bill Nygren. "What that means to us is the hunting ground of low P/E stocks provides more opportunity than it typically does," he said, adding that the company's portfolio includes many single-digit P/E stocks. Nygren added that he's buying up stocks in high-quality companies in financial services, insurance, energy and some consumer durables — mostly paying single-digit P/E multiples for them. Nygren, who joined Oakmark Funds in 1983, manages the $18 billion Oakmark Fund with Michael Nicolas and Robert Bierig. Energy Nygren said they own "a lot of stocks where there is risk, where investors are worried about the futures of the [companies]" — but because of that, the entry level price is very low.

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