[oh8eleven]

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Good question, but also, what to do next year. A lot has been posted about economy tanking next year.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Good question, but also, what to do next year. A lot has been posted about economy tanking next year.

[Youngman542012]

4)..Precious Metals..gold and silver......that is what I am invested in....

[Sequoyah101]

If ZERO wins it won’t make any difference where you put your money since soon it will be taken from you or the dollar will soon completely fail and it will be worthless anyway.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Get your money out of the country, before your country gets your money out of you.

I’ve decided there is just one course for the future. Moving money from here overseas. I suggest holding money in multiple currencies, held at the world’s strongest banks, physical gold (some here, some there) and investing from offshore.

Once capital controls are instituted, it will be too late. After that, the dollar will be likely be devalued and your savings will as well.

Word.

[lowbridge]

I have a bridge for sale :)

[Leaning Right]

I vote for high quality short-term bonds.

IMHO, short-term government bonds are overbought, so I'd go with a short-term bond fund that holds only bonds issued by very reputable companies.

Of course, if Romney wins and stocks take off in response, my suggestion will look pretty foolish.

[advertising guy]

inventions....best investmets available....contract investors

[SnakeDoctor]

If you don’t want to make a decision ‘til the election, just wait-it-out. Invest over a longer-term than two months, though ... short-term investment is more volatile than long-term.

SnakeDoc

[pingman]

Rock solid cash cow companies that pay dividends. SDRL is one.

[pogo101]

Canned food (with can openers) and shotguns (with shells).

[Orange1998]

Coal

[aimhigh]

VIPSX. This is a Vanguard fund for when SHTF.

[familyop]

Big bonds and a high currency for a country that's not producing enough is being seen by the world as a fraud. It's only a matter of how soon the avalanche of selling will come.

With the Democrats in the Executive, socialism will continue to favor interests getting their money from the federal government. With Republicans in the Executive, socialism will resume trying to cut federal income interests a little and divert more money to local governments to keep more regulatory eyes, ears and other pressures on the peasants (what little remains of the true private sector).

Most who have incomes sufficient to afford time and contributions for politics get their incomes either directly or indirectly from government.

Some of the most favored client investors are buying (cash) agricultural properties.

America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility
http://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts

The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts

Are you a member of the political class?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html

The social paradigm: romanticism, feminism, political correctness, whatever, may have been a long, wrong turn--especially the effort to generally depose America's men and fathers begun a few decades ago by putting them out of work, out of families and out of politics.

Have fun. Enjoy the slide. We earned it.

[wrench]

Corrected for inflation, the DJIA is worth 50% OF the high just 5 years ago.

Silver and gold look good for the next 12 months, followed by lead, brass and blue steel.

[toolman1401]

Invest in firearms and precious metals (Lead based ammunition) You will need them for the zombie apocalypse or coming civil war.

[Dr. Thorne]

If Obama wins, go for commodities. Not that we are really running short on Planet Earth, but Obama and the enviro-nazis will cause shortages through political means and for political purposes.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Preppers sites/outlets/organizations.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The timetable needs to be modified.

1) Assuming Obama loses and the Democrats lose control of congress, the lame ducks intend to sabotage the economy any way they can. While only Obama can act unilaterally by executive order, the Democrat senate will refuse to act to stop a whole bunch of essential from taking place.

2) This means that while there might be an immediate reaction to the election, it will be minor compared to the potential earthquakes in January.

Therefore the best course of action right now:

1) Insure that you have mattress money in a safe place at home. Money in the bank can no longer be considered safe.

2) If you have any major medical anything, get it done before the end of the year.

3) If you have potential capital gains or income that can be taken before the end of the year, do so.

4) The wild card is Europe, which could fall apart with very little notice, and no matter what happens in the US, they could at least partially drag us down with them.

On the plus side, after the Republicans take office in January, there will be a “great stabilization” of the economy.