What do you think where to invest the money?
372937
First pay credit cards if you have them. It makes no sense to invest if you have credit cards with 18% interest and investments give you around 12%. After you pay your cards get a ROTH IRA. You can put in 4k max a year on them and their interest grows tax free.
594271
Pay off some of your bills before you invest. \nIf you need help with your bills, check out your local church...if you are in need of your most basic needs being met.
959290
With real estate prices still high, I think the best place to invest is the stock market.  If you decide to invest in stocks, the first thing to do is see what the best traders are buying and selling.   This is the idea behind the site 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 also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck!
120722
It depends on whose money it is. Some people would say the best place is call options on the NASDAQ, other would say mutual funds, others would say bonds, others would say real estate, others would say GICs.\n\nIt depends on your goals and your understanding of investments. Don't blindly trust other people for advice like this. Learn to judge for yourself.
664492
I generally find that Fortune magazine and Investor's have good advice.  There are so many funds to choose from that you really need to spend some time reading about them.
538506
People speculate China, but I would suggest emerging market in general.  This way you're not putting all eggs in one basket.
792672
Your best investment would depend on your goal for investing, tolerance for risk, time horizon (when you need the money back), any current income needs, and tax considerations
1036940
If you dont plan on touching the money for a while, a CD would be good. They have interest rates around 4 percent.
92347
If you want to be 100% safe long term bank deposits would be safest. Next best thing are bank bonds/certificates the Gov't Banks issue out.\n\nOf course, investing in anything else would introduce risks and possibly increased returns/losses.\n\nAny investment that probably promises me anything more than 5% with no risk would be highly questionable.
1123074
Put $100,000 into a bank.\nPay off all my debt.\nBuy things I need (like new car or a new home)\nBuy some real estate.\nInvest the rest into Traditional IRA (you don't qualify for Roth IRA), mutual funds, stocks and bonds, education plans (if you have kids), and variable annuities.
957235
Invest some of it in your future or your kids (if you have any) futures. But don't forget that we only live once. You should also enjoy some of your money. Pamper yourself some. You deserve it. We all do. If you died tomorrow at least you would go happy. We have to live life to the fullest. You know that Tim McGraw song "Live like you were dying"? But hey, do what you want to do with the money. It's your money and the choice is yours. Take care and have fun!
356050
Don't try to time the market.  There's a ton of money in the global financial market.  Just periodically invest by your asset allocation percentage.
828629
dreaming and planning is good, but thinking about a billion or billions or even borrowing that kind of money is just out of the question.  If you had that much money or could get that much money you wouldn't be asking us how to invest it.  If you had it you would put your portfolio in mixed investments plus have trusts, lend it, put some in real estate, and give it away to the needy for tax purposes.
450413
First I recommend, be patient.  No need to make any quick decision(s).  Keep an open mind, and listen to suggestions.  Think for yourself then, and you will make the appropriate decision.  Look at your circumstances.  If it is a windfall, and not needed right now, take $10000 of it and find a no-load mutual fund as an investment.  Then leave it alone and your investment ought to double about every 7 years.  That is what us "little" people do.  A no-load fund means, no fees to buy and no charges when you sell later on.  Hold the remaining $5000 and think some more.
646255
put some money in the bank
586030
There are plenty of ways to invest and also plenty of investments in which you can loose your money. \n\nfarm land. buy it and rent it out to farmers or go shares\n\nrental properties. maintenance can be a nightmare though, but the tax advantages are terrific\n\nrare coins, stamps, baseball cards, comic books, etc. but you have to spend a lot of time and energy persuing that venue. \n\nvacation home. but not in a huricane prone area.\n\nthose are some of your options. Now let's talk stocks\n\nYou say you are invested in stocks but how diversified is your portfolio?  Do you have 50% of your porfolio invested outside the U S? Is a portion invested where the future growth is expected to be? India, China
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Take investment risks. Especially if you are young.