Say someone has $30,000. what do you think would be the best way to invest it?

With real estate prices still high, I think the best place to invest is the stock market. If you decide to invest in stocks, the first thing to do is see what the best traders are buying and selling. This is the idea behind the site http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.

Here are this month's best traders:

http://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx

Good luck!

Well do you have a nice paying job? Or is this an inheritance? I'd buy real estate! Yeah renters can be crappy sometimes but that is the whole reason for requiring references. Then again if you can turn one house, and buy 2, or just rent it out your making money and not doing anything with it. What stock option do you know that will pay you say 500, to 1,000 a month in interest?.... NONE!..... Its a hidden industry that so many people are getting in. Our nation's middle class jobs, even with two incomes now days it is very difficult to get into a house. So renting is the only option for I'd say a bigger majority of the country. But as the saying goes, it takes money to make money. I would NOT put that into any stocks etc. Leave that for your work 401k, ROTH, etc, because you will have to work what, one year less if you do that? why bother.

First, I feel sorry for the last poster that's investing in a r.e. development in Florida. Either he's living in a cave and not doing his research, or he's living in a Polly Anna world where it "can't happen to me". The r.e. market is coming unglued. Entire developments in Florida have been cancelled rather than go to ground-breaking. I think he's going to lose his money on this one.

Second, to answer your question. That's not a question that is so easily answered. That would be like asking, "I want to get married, who should I marry?". I could say a guy that's 5'8" tall with brown hair, green eyes, slightly balding and 58 years old, but that may not be what's best for you. The same goes with investing. For example, I trade derivatives and foreign exchange, but those are high risk investments and may not be right for you, but they're perfect for me.

Before you invest your money into anything, there are 3 questions you must answer:

1) What are you income requirements? That is how much money are you looking to make?

2) What are you time horizons? What do you want to make this money by?

3) What are your risk tolerance levels?

When you answer these 3 questions, that you can search for investments that meet those criteria. For example, that way I answer those 3 questions are as follows (they're overly simplistic, but you get the drift):

1) I want maximum profitability. I want a return of at least 100% per trade.

2) I want to be in a trade 2-4 days, but a maximum of 4-5 weeks.

3) I have a very high risk tolerance level.

So, by answering those 3 questions, that's how I came to trading derivatives and FX.

Each person is different, with different goals. You must first find out what your investment style is and then proceed to acquire investments that will meet your investing style and goals.

Find a good financial planner and talk with them. They'll help you figure out the answers to the above 3 questions and will then show you investments that will fit the criteria of the answers you gave.

Someone may say, real estate, stocks, bonds, 401k, CD's, etc. Those are all fine, but they may not be for you. If they're too risky, you'll lose sleep and probably develop ulcers. If they're too safe, you may lose interest and pull money out too soon. That's why you need to find out what your style and goals are and then proceed accordingly.

Hope this helps.

If you would be in my town, then I would advice it to buy an chip 2 rooms apartment or an studio apartment.

easy money comes frm shares. if u have any knowledge abt shares invest in it. Real estate is also a good source for income

Forget real estate. Prices are falling like a rock and will continue to do so for the coming year. Invest in Exchange traded funds (ETFs) like the S&P 500 (spiders), and NASDAQ. You can check Yahoo Finance to learn about them.

Personally I am about to invest in a new development in Florida called Sunny Hills in the panhandle. A lot up there is around $20-25k. I'd then Invest the difference in an International Mutual Fund, maybe American funds or ING. This is what i am doing in 07

I would Recomend Ethanol.. The fuel of the Future..
One company that I have Invested in is Midwest Ethanol Producers, LLC http://www.midwestethanol.com

They are showing 30-33% ROI
I would not invest it all in one place, protect yourself.

At any Rate GOOD LUCK...

Do you have a house already?

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