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Message| (160)    Over the next six months, there is a lot of
potential for high volatility in the market. Factors like the
election, the fiscal cliff, the sovereign debt crisis, and
looming inflation have many analysts and investors worried. As
many writers have advised, the best ways to directly be long
market volatility are to buy VIX or buy a combination of long,
out of the money puts and long, out of the money calls on the
S&P 500. Although these derivative plays are good fundamental
strategies, I am a big believer that for many investors, a
better strategy may be an indirect approach. This approach
involves taking long positions in equities and ETFs that aren't
zero sum games or contain short positions, but still protect
investors against potential volatility in the market. In this
article, I make a bull case for two very strong discount
retailers, Dollar General (DG) and Family Dollar (FDO), that
accomplish this.  Protecting Against Marke