As most of us would agree, most investments in this market have not held up well.  Most of what I do has held up far better than the market overall, but is still down more than what I would have expected.  My questions is, what type of investment strategies have people used that have held up very well during this market.  I am not interested in annuity stories, as that (to me) is a separate componant of my investment strategy for clients.  Since very few asset classes have held up, I would like to know what people were using BEFORE the market tanked (in other words, hindsight is 20/20, so I am not interested in what we now know worked) that has held up well.