PLAYING IT BIG.

The article offers the advice of William Young, a chief operating officer at Buford Dickson Harper & Sparrow on weathering financial storms. Investors should place their bets with larger companies that can withstand an economic climate of uncertainty rather than invest in small to mid-size firms that may not be able to weather the storm. Young's company is banking on its investment philosophy, which is to buy the stocks of well-managed companies that have a track record of positive earnings momentum.