How can that be, you may ask? In these bleak economic times, how is it possible for the stock market to always pay off? All we hear about is the bad news. The good news is that, while some sectors of the investment world are suffering, some are thriving at the same time. It follows the same principle as the one that allowed there to be wealthy people during the depression. Just because bad news is in the headlines, it doesn’t mean everybody is suffering. The latest world economic indicators show that the best investments for beginner stock market investing right now are in gold, oil, alternative energy and weapons.