I want to go into greater detail on those unconventional investment vehicles. But first, let's talk about one vehicle that you have to have in place first if you plan on surviving any bear market, and that is cash.

The first step in surviving a bear market is to have your money on the sidelines, in the safety of cash. You can't successfully negotiate a bear market while being 100% invested in equities, and that means you've got to have a high cash position.

Once you've got your cash protected and ready for the next move, that next move may, in fact, be into funds that move in the opposite direction of a major market average. These are the so-called "bear market funds" out there, and they are all designed to move up when the indices they track move down.

To help us, Stock-Hunters keep track of these unconventional investment vehicles, I've created the Bear Market Page available exclusively for us.

This is the very report that helps me determine if the time is right to go bearish with my investments. Below is an excerpt of our most recent Bear Funds Report:

As you can see, you get all of the performance data for these, plus dozens of other bear market funds in one easy-to-read, easy-to-understand report. Don't you want to know which funds are doing well when everyone else's stocks are drowning? Well, that's what the Bear Market Page is all about.

Dec 2 , 2007