25K. What is the best investment?

If you had $25,000 what is the best investment? What about $50,000? If you want, or should I say NEED an immediate return on your money, what is your best option? Serious answers only.

Unfortunately, the best investments are the ones where you don't need an immediate return on your money. Investments that are sure to give you an immediate return on your money are sure to give you a low return on your money. That's a BASIC RULE in investing. There are no good ways to quickly make lots of money, only very risky ones that are likely to lose you money instead. Many of the ways suggested here such as Forex and futures are very risky, and most people lose money on them.
If you want to insure a quick return on your money, try a money market at Vanguard, a high interest rate Internet bank deposit, or a short term CD. You will get an immediate, but small return.
I have over $50,000 dollars invested in a diversified portfolio of stocks, and have done quite well over the years. A well-diversified portfolio of stocks has always made you money, if you hold for 15 years. However, I have lost money some years. It is not a good investment if you need to guarantee an immediate return.
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If I had that kind of money, I would invest in futures. Lots of money can be made very quickly, and lots of money can be lost very quickly...

everything depends on how much risk u are willing to take........
if none....cd or treasury bills........
if some .....stocks.................with stop limit orders........
if wild and crazy.oil futures or most commodity futures................
these .aside from the first require some skill on your part..........

forex or gold

There is no safe way to get a decent return if you have an immediate need for your money.Stocks,mutual funds,etc. have risk in the short term and you could lose money.You just have to park the money in a money market or the bank and collect the little bit in interest.

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