Best return on $500 investment ?

I have about $500 that I would like to put into a account or something for a year to use for a vacation next year. What are my best options? I am very new at this. How much could I make in a year?

Since you need the money so soon, you really don't have much risk tolerance. So I think you should stay out of the stock market. Put it in a CD or high interest checking account.

You'd get about 5 - 6%.

Honestly- it may be a bit small for shares or any form of institutional fund. IS there anyone you trust who'd be interested on pooling their money with you so you'd meet the minimum requisite amount?

Hey.
500$ isn't much, even online brokers require you to usually have a minimum deposit (in case of loss for example). That's the first bad thing.
Investing is usually worth it starting from 10 times the amount of that, so you can actually make some profit. Plus, any account will come with expenses (broker's comission, maybe taxes, etc).
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