With the government's plan to dump money into the economy , a lot of investors have bought stocks to get in on the increase in investments . In my humble opinion , I think this is a short term buy in order to take advantage of a short turn around , and as soon as they can take a profit , they will be selling off again . Yes , there will be investors making a profit on this temporary Federal gift , but I don't see it lasting very long . Since my own skills are still minor , I would be concerned about buying and then later selling at a lose , except maybe for Walmarts . I've noticed in earlier financial cut backs , that while a lot of the more expensive stores don't do well , Walmart is cheap . When folks are short on cash , Walmarts seems to hold it's own .