How can I invest $ 5000 to make good profit in 6 months ?

please be specific and explain details. Some sayings like "invest in stock or mutual funds" are too general. they really don't help.

find a car auction, buy a 5k$ car and sell it for 8-10k$

You can't invest in anything to get rich quick in a short amount of time.

For a really short time like 6 months, you should just stick the $5,000 in a money market fund or a high-rate savings account such as ING offers.

Oh yes.... there's a number of ways to make a quick $5000.00. Most of us are doing it now. You may be the only person that's not rich since you don't know about them.

Don't you have any friends? They all know about this. Why haven't they told you about them? OK... everyone hates you so you've come to Yahoo Answers. You know the experts are here & they're all rich.... but they'll take the time to share their wisdom and secrets with you.

Or perhaps (just perhaps)..... the people on Yahoo Answers don't know anything more than you. You'll follow their advise anyway and lose your money. Sounds like a plan.

if you don't know in what stocks you should invest it . then just buy a money market or just invest them in any mutual fund . don't take that risk and invest them by yourself in the stock market . and i think the auction idea is not too bad . but also you have to know what are you doing in a car auction

Is this a classroom assignment? It sounds like a classroom homework assignment.

Go ask a broker for volitile stocks.

Invest it in mutual funds!!! Wait 10 years, and you are 100% garenteed to make a profit. Don't expect to get anything substancial out of any investments that last only 6 months. Unless you bought another google when it was young, then watched it take off, and so your stock investment!!

Survey says....the safest way would be a Certificate of Deposit (CD).

If you want the best advice go to one of the questions i answered on your same questions page look at the guy who asked about premiere trade or the guy that asked about making money in a short time they will be very long answers.gary good luck

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You have specified a rather short time frame to achieve good profit but it is possible with options trading.

When you trade options, you get to use something called leverage. As an example, it is possible to "own" $50000 worth of stocks for 6 mths for just $5000 by buying call options. So if the stock makes a 20% upward move, you will earn $10k using only $5k.

However, trading options is not easy like putting money in a mutual fund. You need to learn the many risk management strategies needed to succeed. You can find many of the strategies explained at http://www.theoptionsguide.com

Look lateraly at the stock market, what is going to be in demand for the next six months. Winter is coming, what is low in stocks that will be needed for a harsh winter. What metals are creating a bigger and bigger demand, will alcohol be more and more in demand. What bio-research co. is patending a revolutionary new treatment, well you get the pic. It still a gamble, but the more you know the pro's and cons of the stocks you pick it will lessen the odds. For instance managment rating, reserve assets, prior marketing success and so forth.

See this website and reconsider the six months.