# How do I take advantage of a Trump presidency? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005 "2016-11-14T21:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/1 "2016-11-14T21:52:29Z")
So …this is happening. That being the case, I’ve decided to just go with it, and, inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of our new Great Leader, how do I take advantage? Pretend I have but $10,000 to invest (I don’t, but let’s pretend I do :p). How do I maximize my profits in this Brave New World we are entering? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/2 "2016-11-14T21:54:53Z")
In Trump America, Presidency take advantage of you. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/3 "2016-11-14T21:54:57Z")
[Invest in private prisons.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/private-prison-stocks-trump_us_582336c5e4b0e80b02ce3287) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/4 "2016-11-14T22:05:43Z")
Hmm, I was going to pursue this in real life. Lemonade from lemons, you know. What about bonds or bond funds? Looks like the price per share of such funds have dropped, but the payout per share remains the same. That means the yield is greater for your investment, if I understand how it all works. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/5 "2016-11-14T22:09:21Z")
I’ve, unfortunately, made as much money in the past week (on paper) as I have in the year before that. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/6 "2016-11-14T22:13:24Z")
If this is a serious question, the market has already made some big moves. You won’t discern much if you’re only looking at the broad US stock indices, but there have been substantial moves already in individual US stocks & sectors, in overseas stocks, in bond markets at home and abroad, in forex and metals. The question then becomes, do you want to “fade” these moves (Trump won’t really do stuff that the market is expecting or is worried about), or bet that the moves will go further? In other words, it’s not just about figuring out what might happen, you have to consider what the market has already priced in. Private prisons, for example - CXW is already up 50%. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/7 "2016-11-14T22:14:08Z")
Maybe stock in the corporations that own private prisons? I think two or three of them are publicly traded. Good bet when the politicos start campaigning on law-and-order platforms. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/8 "2016-11-14T22:18:37Z")
While my OP may have had a sarcastic tone, this is a totally serious question. While I may not have any money to invest right now, other readers might, and to be grim, I will, unfortunately, likely be receiving a modest 5-figure inheritance within Trump’s term, probably sooner rather than later. . ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/9 "2016-11-14T22:21:03Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > …inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of our new Great Leader… This is the other problem, which part of his “entrepreneurial spirit”? If he’s just cuts taxes, increases spending, and decent growth ensues for the next 8 years, stocks will probably do fine. If does what he promised he would do, and starts a trade war with China, it could send the world into the mother of all recessions, trigger a debt crisis in China, and basically destroy the already-fragile world economy - stocks down 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/10 "2016-11-14T22:32:23Z")
Wouldn’t both Trump and Putin both jointly agree that now is the time to invest in oil and get out of any industry that is Green? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/11 "2016-11-14T23:32:16Z")
FWIW, I shorted Grubhub after reading [the CEO’s letter.](http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2016/11/10/grubhub-ceo-attacks-donald-trump-employees-hateful-attitudes-resign-matt-maloney/#45cd176c3050) Made enough to be happy I did it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/12 "2016-11-14T23:37:29Z")
As soon as the scheme becomes public, say by posting it on a MB, then the outcome changes. If the idea has much merit, that is. Crappy ideas are a dime a dozen, but you can get the really bad ones for free. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/13 "2016-11-14T23:43:02Z")
Become either a huge multi-nation oil company or an American worth billions. (Russian mafia will also be a growth industry, it the Putin-Trump Mutual Admiration Society blossoms.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/14 "2016-11-15T01:35:22Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > (Russian mafia will also be a growth industry, it the Putin-Trump Mutual Admiration Society blossoms.) Bray-tente…? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/15 "2016-11-15T04:10:36Z")
If the investment in infrastructure actually takes place and wasn’t just election blather, steel should be in great demand. Perhaps it’s time to look at a steel stock? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/16 "2016-11-15T04:20:59Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > If the investment in infrastructure actually takes place and wasn’t just election blather, steel should be in great demand. Perhaps it’s time to look at a steel stock? Don’t forget there’s lots of cheap Chinese steel. Ask Trump, he knows all about it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/17 "2016-11-15T13:13:04Z")
Write an alt-right screed ebook under an assumed name. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/18 "2016-11-15T14:26:48Z")
The Canadian dollar has sunk in the week and I have just taken advantage to move 50K to Canada and invest in Canadian stocks. My financial advisor believes that cancellation of NAFTA will not happen and the C will rise, especially if that oil pipeline is built, as now seems likely. There are also tax advantages to investing in Canadian stocks, but that is only because I am paying taxes here. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/19 "2016-11-15T14:43:19Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Write an alt-right screed ebook under an assumed name. This could be fun. What’s a good alias? Would “Clayton Bigsby” be too obvious? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/20 "2016-11-15T14:58:30Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > This could be fun. > > What’s a good alias? Would “Clayton Bigsby” be too obvious? Maybe this would be a good Doper project – someone maps out an alt-right screed (for example, sections on how black people need to “leave the plantation of the Democrat party”, on how white history and culture should be celebrated, on how immigration will turn America into a 3rd world shithole, on how rape culture is a myth and feminism is really about hurting women and families, and the like), and then volunteer Dopers are assigned to each chapter, and maybe cover art too. Then, collaboratively, we proofread and edit each others’ work, come up with a title and a pseudonym, assign marketing tasks (Facebook, reddit, twitter, etc.), and put it up for sale on Amazon Kindle and see what happens. And if it becomes a huge hit, then a year or two down the line we reveal ourselves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005.md?page=2)