Why it is the best time to put your cash into stocks

After suffering its worst week ever, American stock markets are poised to be the place for bargain hunters. Many well-known, established companies have lost more than 50% of their shares' value over the past few weeks. Companies, the likes of CitiGroup, Intel, General Motors, Ford, and Alcoa are at or near their 52 week lows. Actually in the case of GM, it is 52 year low. These companies are either world leaders in their industries, or hold too much value to the American economy to let them go bankrupt. Take GM and Ford for example. Both companies have more than a half Million employees between them. Add to that the numbers employed by their parts' suppliers, dealerships' salespersons, and many other tangent industries. For these two companies to go under will most likely result in an economic situation that makes the great depression look like a time of boom in comparison.

My long Term stock picks include:

Company	Current Share Price	Ticker
Ford the US government will do everything in its power to help Ford and GM stay operational. Letting them close shop (or sold to a foreign investor) is like cancelling the 4th of July!	$1.99	F
General Motors	$4.89	GM
Citi Group Despite losing to Wells Fargo in acquiring Wachovia, Citi remains one of the largest financial companies in the world	$14.11	C
AIG the US government has too much of a stake in AIG to let go under.	$2.33	AIG
Intel Without doubt, the most dominant Chip maker.	$15.19	INTC
Sun Microsystems After a reverse stock split, it is back to the low single digit. Most likely due to general market conditions.	$4.80	JAVA
Alcoa The worlds' largest Aluminium and American Stable.	$11.25	AA
The Home depot If you can't sell you house in this market, might as well improve it to add value. This is where the Home depot comes into play. Even after the market recovers, HD will still benefit from a resurrected housing market.	$19.75	HD
General Electric Probably the most diverse company (that's not a holding company) in the world. GE is worth at least $50 once markets recover. Its decline is attributed to the decline of its financial unit.	$21.50	GE
Bank of America The most stable Banking company in the US. Acquired Country Wide for pennies on the dollar.	$20.87	BAC