Investing advice needed

[Igetp2s]

Serious replies only please. What is the best way to sell short US stocks for the long term?

What is the maximum duration of put options usually. Or if I sell an individual stock short, how long do I get it for before I have to buy it back?

Are there any better ways to go short on the entire domestic market for 3-4 years? I need Obama's economic policies to be fully implemented, for me to reap the rewards.

An easy opportunity like this to make money might come around once in a lifetime, and I don't want to miss it.

[Sinister Cat]

Buy SDS. It is an ETF that gives twice the inverse performance of the S&P 500.

[Igetp2s]

What do SDS and ETF stand for, and how would I find more info about it?

[Sinister Cat]

here's its yahoo profile

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SDS

SDS is its ticker symbol on Amex. You can buy it just like any stock or whatever in you brokerage account. ETF is Exchange Traded Fund. Basically like a mutual fund but it just trades like a stock on an exchange. The name of this one is UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares.

If you prefer to short a narrow or wider range of stocks there are bear ETFs for Dow 30, Nasdaq, etc.

[Igetp2s]

Ok great thanks, I will look into it.

There is also 1 specific company I want to go short on, need to learn more about how to go about doing that.