Investment Strategies: Three Ways to Profit – No Matter Who Wins Tuesday's Midterm Elections

William Patalon III

If you're worried that next week's midterm elections could further cloud an already-uncertain investment landscape, take a page from the investment playbook of Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald: Position yourself to profit no matter which party wins on Tuesday.

During an interview with Fox Business Network journalist Stuart Varney yesterday (Tuesday), Fitz-Gerald detailed three strategies that will afford investors both safety and significant profit potential – whether the Democrats or Republicans carry the day.

First and foremost among the three: Protect your holdings.

As basic as that sounds, it's easier said than done.

"No. 1, I think that investors need to be concerned about preserving their wealth," Fitz-Gerald told Fox Business viewers. "The dollar, overall, is getting weaker, and the federal government has made it clear with quantitative easing that it wants a weak dollar, that it wants to win the 'race to the bottom'. So things like gold and silver – and even things like rice, and wheat and corn – are all good choices right now."

[Editor's Note: Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, one of the shrewdest investors in the marketplace today, has maintained a perfect record with his Geiger Index advisory service. If you missed out on all or part of that run, don't despair: Subscribers to his newest service, The MicroQuake Alert, will be able to benefit from Fitz-Gerald's insights. To find out more about MicroQuake, please click here.]

For more specific recommendations, check out Fitz-Gerald's new advisory service, The MicroQuake Alert, by clicking here.]

News and Related Story Links:

• Fox Business Varney & Co:
  Video of Interview with Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald
• MicroQuake Alert:
  Official Website
• Money Morning News Archives:
  QE2 (Quantitative Easing/Round 2)
• Money Morning News Archives:
  Articles by Keith Fitz-Gerald
• Money Morning Special Report:
  Despite Record Gold Prices, Your Holdings May be Worth Less Than You Think
• Money Morning Metals Investing:
  Money Morning Mailbag: When Investing in Precious Metals, 'Physical Metal' Isn't Always Better
• Fox.com:
  Stuart Varney Official Bio

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Before he moved into the investment-research business in 2005, William (Bill) Patalon III spent 22 years as an award-winning financial reporter, columnist, and editor. Today he is the Executive Editor and Senior Research Analyst for Money Morning. With his latest project, Private Briefing, Bill takes you "behind the scenes" of his established investment news website for a closer look at the action. Members get all the expert analysis and exclusive scoops he can't publish... and some of the most valuable picks that turn up in Bill's closed-door sessions with editors and experts.

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