How to make a profit in bear markets...?

Question

...if you don't want to take the risk of short selling stock and the shortsightedness of options?

Answer 1

In a true bear market, if you don't want to be short, than try investing in commodities like gold or oil, or buy bonds.

Answer 2

Buy bonds.

During your bull market, when your stock is high, sell a covered call on it. When the stock falls, the value of the call decreases, you can then buy it back for less than you paid for it, or it will expire worthless, and you can keep all the money from the sale of the call, and sell another call.

If the stock goes up, it will sell at your high hit price, and you will have that money, plus the money from selling your call.

If the stock goes way up, you might not make as much profit, but your risks are far lower.

Oh wait, you didn't want to hear about options like covered calls.. Never mind.

Answer 3

Hold onto your money and do not buy until the bear market is over. The hard part is knowing when the market is a bear or a bull.

Answer 4

There is always a bull market somewhere. The key is finding the areas that hold value. http://winners-and-losers.com/ is a good source for broad information on stock trading and activity.