Growth Stocks I Plan to Buy if the Stock Market Crashes

With the S&P 500 closing on Tuesday, Sept. 15, its Shiller CAPE ratio stood at 40.3—the second-highest valuation since the dot-com peak in 2000—while multiple risks are rising. Oil prices are surging amid Middle East geopolitical tensions, pushing inflation and global interest rates higher. At the same time, AI-focused start-ups including Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI have called for slowing the pace of AI development, potentially pressuring high-growth areas like semiconductors. November midterm elections could add volatility. The author says they’d buy on a crash, highlighting DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN).