Can i take $20,000 and make a good short term investment with a good return?

There are a myriad of investment choices depending on your risk tolerance. You can open a savings account with HSBC direct, they have a 6% interest rate right now until 4/30/07, after that it will depend on what interest rates are at. Currently its 5.05% Its a good return on a almost no risk investment

heres the link
http://www.hsbcdirect.com/1/2/1/offer?co...

You can open a CD with Bank of America. The rates are fantastic and there is no risk of losing your investment!!!

yeah, give it to me, i'm starting my own business!
or spread it out in several different investments, "don't put all of your eggs in one basket" kind of thinking, AEP pays out great dividends, and another on the rise is mindspeed. don't like the market? check out the banks for short term cd's. mine pays 5.25%, not great, but good for a cd and it was for 18 months.
and don't forget, sometimes investing in your ideas pays the most-are you an entrepreneur?

Hey Dude!

good return? You can have great results if you thoughfully invest it! Anyways, Best of luck for wherever you invest it!

If your looking at stocks then split it up take 5000 split it up into 500 and put it in new stocks and high risk I believe BMSTA is going to hit some good numbers in a month it is currently at 30cents. Also check out SCXN,MXAW,NWLM i'm not sure were these prices are at now so anylize and check news reports the rest 5000 In some good growth stocks check TSM, NYX, AAPL, CSCO.

Sure. I think the best way to make solid gains in the stock market is to see what the best traders are buying and selling and why. You can find this information at http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas. There is a charting feature, so you can see how your portfolio performs compared to the S&P 500. Also, you can create your own "group" so that you can see how you are doing compared to your friends.

Here are this month's best traders:

http://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standin...

Good luck.

before the bell curve drops short term treasury bonds (30 day) are paying better than their counter part 5 yr brothers.