Jeremy Siegel Says Get Ready to Buy

The "Wizard of Wharton" says don't worry.

"If investors have cash on the sidelines, they should not wait too long to put it to use," says Jeremy Siegel, Wharton business school professor at the University of Pennsylvania and well-known markets commentator. "There are good values out there in equities -- especially in financial stocks -- and you will be rewarded in the long run if you start dollar cost-averaging now."

To most investors, however, "the long run" seems a long way away when the market alternates daily between triple-digit gains and losses. Those wide swings are reflected in the spiking volatility index, or VIX, also commonly known as the "fear index," which has jumped from 12 to 26.5 over the past two months. ...