Best form of investing?

Whas is the best form of investing? I would like a easy low cost, high return, short to mid term way of investing. I thought about the Forex, but i heard fees or taxes are alot. Stock take to long sometimes but correct me if im wrong. Im open to options and I am willing to learn so teach away.

Thanks in advance.

BD is the only one (besides me) to give evem reomte good advice. Forex is bad news and Mutual Funds ARE RISKY! Remember the after hours trading on them? The best and safest is online savings banks FDIC insured and decent apr's.

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Flip a house. Low start up(compared to "high return"). Its a lot of fun and the sky is the limit. gl

There is generally no "quick" way to invest successfully. A good mix of stocks and bonds have, over the long term, produced better returns than any other form of investment.

You could use index funds or low cost mutual funds to get the diversification you need for a minimum amount of money.

Admittedly this is a conservative approach but remember the high tech implosion in the late 90's and the recent real estate bust. A few people made good money but a lot more took it in the shorts.

Educating yourself is the first step getting it right.

Good luck.

"It takes money to make money." To make bigger money, it helps to have a bigger pool of money to use to make it. Forex and options are risky. You can lose all of your money on one or two trades if not done right.

Mutual funds I would say are one of the lowest forms of risk. I would say weighted risk/reward are the lowest when invested in the right ones. You can invest as little as $25/month without significant cost. Real estate, science, technology, health, foreign stocks,... you name it and there are mutual funds to help you in the direction you desire.

Are you ready to start? Would you like more information? Let me know. -Marcus marcuskthomson@yahoo.com

There is not a "best" form of investing. You have to determine a few things.

1- your level of risk tolerance
2- your investment goals

once you know these things you can decide between individual equities(stocks) or bonds(fixed income) or mutual funds. Be careful with options though. They are more risky. If you have a high tolerance for risk, than small and mid cap stocks would be the way to go. They have the best potential for high returns in shorter amounts of time. But the caveat to that is they are more risky. Make sure you learn how to read the balance sheets, and cash flow statements. You need to learn about the companies. Listen to the conferance call. Look at their histories, management, and what they are planning to do in the future. There is a lot of research and homework that you have to do to really be sucessful with individual stocks.

If all that is not your cup of tea, than mutual funds are a better way to go as you dont really need to do much researc at all.