Invest regularly in a diversified portfolio, preferably stocks that have a history of 10-15% sales growth. The investment club I belong to meets once a month. We own about 15 stocks. We try to invest in every stock 3-4 times a year with the goal of doubling our money every 5 years (this is where the 15% growth comes in). We met this past Sunday - the DJIA was down 4.6% from our meeting the prior month. The S&P was down almost 3%. Our ~half a million dollar portfolio was down just a little over a half percent. Invest regularly in a diversified portfolio.
That being said, some of the stocks we are currently looking at or own are DG, CGC, DNKN, WM, PM, CVS, WBA, and the trusty ole standby AFL.