One thing that always does very well during hard times... Beer

[Winterblues]

McCain's wife stands to do very well in the upcoming years...Beer does not need to go up much in price because they always sell much more than during happier times.."Beer ~ it's not just for breakfast anymore"

[OhioChick]

1. No surprise....

People become very depressed.

[kentuck]

2. ..Beer and Religion...

Two sure bets.

[Burma Jones]

3. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - buy these stocks

Throw Chocolate in as well.........

[ContinentalOp]

4. I hate to be selfish about this whole thing...

but I sure hope people still go to the movies.

[OhioChick]

5. I haven't had money for the movies

In a very long time.

[librechik]

6. ...and bread

thank goodness for bakeries! They tried, but you can't outsource them to death--yet!

[HamdenRice]

7. "I should have invested in Budweiser" conversation with a Wall Streeter

This happened several years ago during the telecom meltdown. I was in a Soho bar after work and got into a conversation with a Wall St guy. We started talking about the horrible market at that time.

He said he had lost a lot in telecoms and should have invested in Budweiser. I asked him if he meant that consumer goods do well in a recession.

He said, no, if he had invested that few thousand in cases and cases of bud, had drunk the beer and turned in the cans for 5 cents each, he would have done better than his telecom stocks!

[applegrove]

8. My dad's first love was politics. When it came time to become a lobbyist so he could

support his family he had a choice. Lobby for the trucking industry or the beer industry. He decided that if there was a recession he would feel too guilty try to hock beer. So he picked trucking.