# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/21 "2016-11-15T15:06:40Z")
I’ve made thousands of $$ in stocks since the election; my investments are fairly ethical (including Twitter, Apple, Google, and an outdoor advertising company). Basically, my advantages may be enhanced in the Trump era: tax cuts, investments and retirement gains, and so on. Of course, I have to avoid being rounded up and put in a GLBTQ/Lefty Elite hard labor camp. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/22 "2016-11-15T15:23:57Z")
Make and sell bumper stickers… “I didn’t vote for him!” “Make America HATE again!” Also I will be stocking up on popcorn - to watch the show come January. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/23 "2016-11-15T15:52:10Z")
The problem is that investment generally depends on some degree of stability and consistency and Trump is mostly inconsistent BS. We don’t know if Trump will do any of the things he said he will do, or ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/24 "2016-11-15T17:39:26Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I’ve made thousands of $$ in stocks since the election; my investments are fairly ethical (including Twitter, Apple, Google, and an outdoor advertising company). > > Basically, my advantages may be enhanced in the Trump era: tax cuts, investments and retirement gains, and so on. > > Of course, I have to avoid being rounded up and put in a GLBTQ/Lefty Elite hard labor camp. You have made thousands in a week? How much do you have as equity? What was your timing or strategy over the last 7 days? ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/25 "2016-11-15T17:55:28Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I’ve made thousands of $$ in stocks since the election; my investments are fairly ethical (including Twitter, Apple, Google, and an outdoor advertising company). Have you actually checked your portfolio mark-to-market? Apple and Google (and other big tech stocks) are all down since the election, recovering somewhat today. The reason is that these are companies whose production, growth & expansion are all tied in to globalization, something that Trump’s populist rhetoric has criticized: the US working- and middle-class have lost jobs overseas, and have not benefited at all from free trade and globalization of the economy. All the benefit has accrued to workers in emerging economies and to making the US wealthy even wealthier. If Trump carries through with his threats to start a protectionist trade war, companies whose production and sales (Apple) and expansion (Google) are inherently global will suffer badly, as will emerging markets themselves. I don’t think Trump will carry through these pre-election threats of protectionist tariffs. Nor does the market assign a high probability, the sell-offs in these companies have been fairly modest, although emerging markets have taken a battering. The well-paying lost jobs in the US are just not coming back, and protectionism will basically nuke the entire global economy, and Trump (and the Republican Party) know that. It’s one thing kicking out illegal Mexican workers (by the way, just who is going to want those low-paying jobs?), but starting a trade war with China is truly insane. It’s not as though China does not have the will and the means to retaliate. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/26 "2016-11-15T18:00:09Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > You have made thousands in a week? S&P 500 is up about 1.4% since close last Tuesday; that’s a gain of $1K for every $71,429 invested. ---
**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 15, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/27 "2016-11-15T18:07:28Z")
ETA: I own Apple, which I now basically regard as a boring defensive stock akin to a utility! A trade war with China is obviously really bad for Apple, but I think the probability of that is low. And there are numerous positives: a Trump tax cut to bring home overseas cash is a windfall worth several tens of billions to Apple; sales of the new MacBook Pro are strong; iPhone 7 has not done badly even though it was a minor revision, and iPhone 8 will be a more substantial update. Apple is not priced at a level that discounts it revolutionizing the world, it’s cheap even if it just maintains market share and keeps on cranking out boring incremental updates for the next 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/28 "2016-11-15T18:15:58Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > You have made thousands in a week? > > How much do you have as equity? What was your timing or strategy over the last 7 days? I should have clarified: my “mess around with $5k” account made $1300 over the last week. I don’t really have a strategy, it’s mostly in service of teaching myself how stocks work. Our “don’t mess around account” handled by a broker is mostly mutual funds, we made almost $12k over the last week. I’m sure the markets will fluctuate downward again, but for now I’m happy I can pay to fix the water damage on the side of my house 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/29 "2016-11-15T19:50:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > 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. I volunteer for “Russia Is Our Friend!” I don’t know much about financials, but I figure the stock market would’ve tanked no matter who was elected. How much of what’s going on now is reactionary? My guess is it will have to settle down and we’d have to be well into a Trump presidency to know what truly may be a good investment. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/30 "2016-11-15T19:55:12Z")
I’m putting all my money into safety pins. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/31 "2016-11-15T21:18:50Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > … > It’s one thing kicking out illegal Mexican workers (by the way, just who is going to want those low-paying jobs?), … The entire black population of the US that Trump supporters know are just sitting at home collecting welfare on all their babies both real and fake. Once that gravy train cuts off on Day Two those folks will be glad to pick [del]cotton[/del] lettuce and [del]hoe fields[/del] mow lawns like God intended. FTR: I don’t believe this. But I bet lots of people do. And more will be told to believe it by [del]Breitbart[/del] the White House Press Office. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/32 "2016-11-15T21:44:29Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > 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. Nice. As for the OP…I was going to suggest energy stocks. Make sure to go with fairly solid ones. Not ones barely hanging on. Edit: Note we’re heading into winter…at least were supposed to be ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/33 "2016-11-15T21:45:31Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I volunteer for “Russia Is Our Friend!” > > I don’t know much about financials, but I figure the stock market would’ve tanked no matter who was elected. How much of what’s going on now is reactionary? My guess is it will have to settle down and we’d have to be well into a Trump presidency to know what truly may be a good investment. Isn’t the market near or at an all-time high right now? The DOW that is. ---
**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 15, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/34 "2016-11-15T21:52:31Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I was going to suggest energy stocks. Make sure to go with fairly solid ones. Not ones barely hanging on. > > Edit: Note we’re heading into winter…at least were supposed to be Didn’t the Simpsons already do this one, where Homer hangs on to his pumpkin futures, betting that they will peak in November? ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/35 "2016-11-15T21:57:58Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Nice. > > As for the OP…I was going to suggest energy stocks. Make sure to go with fairly solid ones. Not ones barely hanging on. > > Edit: Note we’re heading into winter…at least were supposed to be I have no doubt we’ll have a [very cold winter.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter) ---
**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 15, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/36 "2016-11-15T22:04:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I have no doubt we’ll have a [very cold winter.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter) Fox News headline: “New administration exposes global warming as hoax.” ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/37 "2016-11-16T00:16:13Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I should have clarified: my “mess around with $5k” account made $1300 over the last week. I don’t really have a strategy, it’s mostly in service of teaching myself how stocks work. > > Our “don’t mess around account” handled by a broker is mostly mutual funds, we made almost $12k over the last week. > > I’m sure the markets will fluctuate downward again, but for now I’m happy I can pay to fix the water damage on the side of my house 🆒 Well 1) we don’t know how much you have invested and 2) it’s about how to take advantage of this situation, indicating trends and strategies. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/38 "2016-11-16T03:55:56Z")
I think that Trump will increase military spending dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/39 "2016-11-16T04:03:15Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m putting all my money into safety pins. I saw what you did there. 😃 ---
**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 16, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005/40 "2016-11-16T04:21:28Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I think that Trump will increase military spending dramatically. I didn’t know any of his companies had contracts with the military. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-advantage-of-a-trump-presidency/772005.md?page=3)