It is very tough to be an investor these days. Unfortunately, most of us are investors. If you hold any stocks, mutual funds, or retirement accounts you are an investor. If you have placed money in any sort of futures or other commodities you are an investor, and if you hold currency in countries other than your own then you are a form of investor. Given this, we should all have at least some interest in how to invest and how current investments are doing in terms of performance.

The problem is the number of asset classes in decline right now is unprecedented, and so even the experts are having a hard time indicating where people should put their money. With a wide-ranging global contraction in process many asset classes are suffering tremendous secular declines. That being the case, though, there still are asset classes and alternative investments that can do well.

With many commodities having their prices driven down due to contracting demand you have to be careful which ones you pick if that is how you want to invest. Certain precious metals should do well as people become increasingly nervous about paper currencies and so an opportunity may exist there. Forex trading opportunities may also exist where one country appears better positioned in the recession that the others. Despite the grim news if you position your portfolio correctly you can weather the downturn.