What is the best investment option/opportunity this month for 20-30 grand in USA ?

I want to invest 20-30 grand, in something which has high return, satisfying and without stress, do not have too much time to invest. Any suggestion?

Savings Bonds they are inexpensive and sell at a 50 percent discount from their face value: a $50 bond costs $25. Or you can buy $30,000 worth, the maximum amount of bonds in any one year for $15,000 , and you pay no co missions, fees, or markups on your investment. what's more, you don't have watch these bonds like a hawk because there is no secondary market and, hence no price fluctuation. just put them in a safe place, sleep tight, and forget about them until they mature.

look at dsx, erf, nrf or gni. They all pay a good steady dividend. Most of those should inflate in price over the next few years.

American Funds -- You don't want to be stock-picking. Mutual funds are diversified and American Funds is known for consistent, long-term results.

Even if you don't have much time, it's still important to monitor your investments. Just my 2 cents.....

To properly answer your question we need more information. What are you goals for this money? How long a time period will you invest it? Do you have an emergency fund? Any other investments? What do you consider without stress, a little stress, a lot of stress, high return?

First off there is nothing that will guarantee you a high return without stress in the short term. Split the $30,000 into 3 $10,000 investment strategies. China is a great opportunity look at FXI which is a Chinese traded fund that was up 50%+ in 2006. Put 1/3 into something like an S&P 500 etf that tracks the broad US market. And with the remaining $ put it into a good US stock that has a history of good performance over a long period of time. A company I like this year is Boeing ticker symbol BA, I think Boeing will give you a great return in 2007.

Good Luck

Utilities (natural gas especially), my favorites for the year:

SRE RRI DYN CEG DUK EP ETR IDU

SRE is my favorite out of all of them.

if you want to invest in the Option market, w/o stress or hassle, then its better you should not..the option market although can offer huge gains are not for in-experience investors who doesnt have time to research - so forth. even with 22 yrs of experience investing, I still find most of my speculative investing stressfull yet fun (huge returns are fun)

Make sure when taking people's recomendation to always research a company, ask questions, looked at what directions the company is going, check the balance sheet etc...if you dont feel good at a companys direction, dont buy it.

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I only invest in no-load Mutual Funds, Stocks, Reits & EFT's. I made the decision to "take the time". It's fine that you've decided not to (as long as you do invest).

BUT... to come to Yahoo Answers to find a "personal solution" is just plain crazy. Go to a professional. You can go to a broker like "Edward Jones" or "Merill Lynch" .... or Mutual Fund Company like T. Rowe Price or Vanguard...... BUT DO NOT LOOK FOR PERSONAL INVESTMENT ADVICE IN A FORUM LIKE THIS. You don't know who's giving the info. what their qualifications are or what their motives are.

For sheer peace of mind, go lend your money to the US Government by opening a Treasury Direct Account. Make a non-competitive bid on the next four week bill auction and you will get about 5% p.a. return. Otherwise, go to bankrate.com and check the highest yields for a one month CD.

I love when people have that kinda outlook ... high return, satisfy me and oh yes the best kicker NO STRESS i.e no risk ... you will never find anything like you want those high returns there is always stress.

with that being said im not sure this will USA's year. Interest rates are not looking good (as in dropping) for at least this year, maybe 4th quarter if we are lucky. This will play a huge role in the economy. Look internationally, do your research and your own research never go on anybody's tip and if you do even MORE research is needed. Yeah China exploded in the past few years, but now it could be too late. But maybe international investments could be too risky for you (yes there will be stress)

If you are stuck on being domestic, look at very large dividend paying companies that are established. Jump into companies that are in the large indexes. Such as the Dow and S&P 500. or if you dont wanna do the research buy into index mutual fund (low expenses and generally mutual fund managers cant even beat the index) or SPDR's (buying actually into the index.)

Moral of the story: you want high return be ready for high stress. and do your own research. Most people on here will go off on what companies HAVE done not what they are GOING to do.

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I know a company currently offering 3% monthly without risk.

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