Materials : Alcoa AA

Energy : Chevron Texaco CVX

Industrials : General Electric GE

Consumer
Discretionary : McDonald's MCD

Consumer
Staples : Altria MO

Healthcare : Johnson & Johnson JNJ

Financials : Metlife MET

Infomation
Technology : Microsoft MSFT

Telecomm : Verizon VZ

Utilities : Duke Energy DUK

There they are, might seem old and stodgy to a degree, but each represents the best of class in it's sector and will make you money over the long term. There are quite a few that have a healthy dividend yield that helps offset any short term drop in share price.

I'll be putting 20 of my total assets into these picks tomorrow morning, buying equal dollar amounts of each stock. Then I'll add another 10 of the cash portion of my portfolio into additional purchases each month over the next 8 months, dollar cost averaging back into the market.

I think for the long haul America is strong and US equities are the best asset class for your funds.

Good luck to all of you with your choices as well.