You could take the economic advice of Paul Krugman and the stock picks of Jim Cramer, then make your financial decisions on the exact opposite positions, and probably be a millionaire in just a few short years.
I haven’t checked on the inverse Cramer ETF lately, but the last I checked you could expect a 5% return if you had invested in it from its beginning a few months ago.
These days you can just put your money in a Vanguard money market fund (their placeholder account where money is parked if you do nothing) and you get over 5%.
Risking it in the volatile stock market is for the young and crazy.