What is the the best way to get a 10% return on investment?
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That's Simple.\n\nIf you have 10+years, there are several balanced mutual/index funds, that have returned more than 10% on average.\n\nUse a fund stock screener - you can see them - pay attention to upfront and ongoing expenses.\n\nIs it the best way? - It's the only one I know that is available to the average guy.\n\nGood Luck!
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work, save and invest.  if you want money go to where the money is.
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http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com is the place to start.  There are a number of options but the best option is Yahoo!'s sponsored search program.  This programs offers the most control and the best return on investment relative to all their other programs.
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Try invest in a global equity fund with www.vanguard.com.
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Wouldn't we all like to know the answer to this question? If indeed you had $10 million, there are a lot less risky ways to make lots of money, because you have quoted such a large sum. This is the fantasy that most people get caught in. They pose a valid question on an invalid premise.\n\nPeople with $10 million don't need to make more than 3-5% a year to get rich. They already are. You, on the other hand, will never get anywhere at the current interest rate on a CD of 3%.Thus the question concerning stocks.\n\nFirst, you would not put your entire investment into one basket. It was about this time seven years ago when I last owned Exxon stock. I'm a Petroleum Engineer, and know quite a bit about oil companies, and they had just discovered some big fields on the North Slope of Alaska. I woke up one morning, and found my IRA cut in half, when they spilled oil in the Port of Valdez.\n\nNow, I trade Index Futures on the stock market for a living. In my opinion, the Top in the stock market is already in, and direction is now down for several months. \n\nSome would tell you to diversify, but not by buying five different oil companies, you have to diversify across industries. But I would tell you that all ships rise and fall on the tide, unless you are an exceptional stock picker and fast enough to maneuver your boat to gain headway.\n\nThere are times when cash is King, and this is probably one of those times. If you're in a mutual fund, switch to the money market fund or a CD or Treasury Bill; just park it for now. The name of the game is preservation of capital.\n\nIf you really do have $10 million, lets start our own mutual fund. Write me at  dredude52@yahoo.com
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go their website - also try investor relations and check their 10k annual report
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Depends what your after?  I would suggest bonds as the 'safest' form of risky investment.  I know that makes no sense but speak to a highstreet bank - they abviously use finacial advisesers with considerable knowledge of the market to pick them a few investments.  In turn you get the opportunity to 'back' thoe investments with your own money - the back will take their cut of the top and leave you the rest.\n\nOtherwise a shortterm alternative would be premium bonds (although I think the max is £20k per person then if I remeber correctly every £100 essentialy buys you a lottery ticket - this Premium bonds lotrery takes place every month and although you don't make interest (hence only look at this a short term investment (unless your lucky!) you do stand the chance of winning between £50 and £1m a month...
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You already have several answers suggestion a Roth IRA.  That is an excellent choice, but only if you will not be needing the money until 59 1/2.  It is a retirement account.  There are some exceptions.   You should place some of the 10k where you can get to it in an emergency, maybe 3k.  It is always a good idea to have some cash available.  ING has internet savings accounts that pay 5% with direct transfer to your checking account.  \n\nYou are young so you can afford to be a little aggressive with your money in the hopes that it will yield a very good return over the long term.  Assuming that you would invest 7k,  separate it into 3 about equal piles and invest 1 part in small cap stocks.  Royce Funds has a great selection of them and a terrific track record yielding  about 13% annually over the long term.  1 part in a value stock fund.  There is a decent index fund that is a value fund--EFV.  It has done extremely well so far with a 30% annual return.  But do not expect that to continue.  10 to 12% would be an excellent return.   The last part in a growth stock index fund or mutual fund.  FXI would fall into that category.  It is a China index fund.  Up about 38%  this year.
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You can invest it in many different things. Bonds, stocks, mutual funds, CD's, T-bill, gold, silver, land, rare coins, art, antiques, baseball cards, to name just a few. \n\nIt would be perhaps better to ask, "How would you invest $10,000?"  At least that way you would get different points of view. \n\nIf all I had was $10,000 to invest and I did not have any outstanding debts to be paid off, I would put $3000 in oil stocks, $3000 in a mutual fund investing in China, and $4000 in T-bills or a mutual fund investing in foreign debt because the dollar is not a healthy place to be right now.
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Invest better.\n\nCoach
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The first poster is correct. Bonds (or Treasury Bills, T-Bills) are the safest investment. They are considered risk free, and they're currently paying in the high 4-5% range.\n\nHowever, you can get a better return for just a slight increase in risk... you don't need to be entirely conservative.
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Invest a million dollars in something that gives 1,000 times return.\nGetting the original million is the tricky part.
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At 23, time is your best friend (hooray compound interest).  Your best bet is to (if you haven't already,) open up and max out your Roth IRA.  This allows you to allow that compounding to work in a tax-free manner after you deposit. See what a difference that can make here: http://www.dinkytown.net/java/RothIRA.html\n\nIf you work for a company that provides matching funds for your 401(k) or similar retirement account, be sure to get the maximum match - it's free money! (that has to come from your income, but you can use your $10K to buffer your cost of living while you max your contributions).\n\nNote, it'll depend both on your capital gains, and the tax efficiency of your investments, but when I ran the numbers for myself, I found that I was much better off using my 401(k) for investment even though I plan on early withdrawal: http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4087\n\n(Over a longer time-horizon, the tax efficiency is going to make a huge difference, plus you can also drastically rebalance with near impunity, tax free)\n\nRegardless of the type of account you put your money in, you still have to decide what you're going to invest in.  There aren't guaranteed returns, but for your goals (growth until eventual financial independence, yes?) you're best bet is probably a good index mutual fund. (You'll want to do your own research on this - although index funds are by definition 'average' they tend to provide total returns (after expenses) that beat the vast majority of mutual funds.  Here's one article to help you get started on why that's the case: http://www.fool.com/mutualfunds/indexfunds/indexfunds01.htm\n\nYour best course of action as you save towards financial independence is to continue investing (dollar cost averaging) and to diversify as your capital grows (bonds, international, REITs, metals) and to try to keep an eye towards what your goals are.  A good book on the subject matter is "You Money Or Your Life" by Domniguez and Robin, which talks less about investing (they suggest an extremely conservative approach), but more about a good basic mindset/framework for thinking about money.\n\nIf your goal is early retirement (reaching the point where you can live off your investments) you may also want to take a look at FIRECalc, an interesting early retirement calculator: http://fireseeker.com/ and the related Early Retirement forums (lurking and reading the archives is a good way to dip a toe in the water, so to speak): http://early-retirement.org/forums/
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High Yield Investment Program. 80% are scams. The only 20% which are real--which are also really fantastic ways to make money--are listed at http://www.goldrankings.com\n\nGood luck!
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There is no such thing as a guaranteed return.  Every business has the potential to fail, and if it fails there is no way for you to make good on that guarantee, becuase if you had the $10,000 to make good on that guarantee and you knew your idea was that good you wouldn't have brought in an investor.
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Your can invest in:\n\n- Stock market: get in touch with a stockbroker; but this is not a sure bet\n\n- Savings: low risk low return; if you want to invest look out for compound interest savings.\n\n- mutual fund managers: not a sure bet but at least the fund managers will be able to diversify your investment. Diificult to spread your option in stock market if you are low in initial fund so mutual fund is one option. Check out this company that offers fixed investment return as an example of what fund managers can offer: http://www.swisscash.biz/web/asc_company.aspx
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the "best" investment you could make has to do with your knowledge and experience with investing, and by the sounds of it you dont have much of either. I wouldnt invest in any stocks or bonds, or anything with high risk until you know about tax laws, financial institutions, etc. Educate yourself first or blow all your money away. Trust me there are plenty of people out there waiting to take your money away from you.\n\nI would suggest a ROTH IRA, since your principal is not taxed, and has a very high return for younger people over a long period of time. \n\nAnother thing u could do with your money is start a business and sell it once its successful (for a few million dollars or whatever it happens to be worth) -- but like investing you should educate yourself first.\n\nAnother best bet as a non-experienced investor is to start out safe in Money Market accounts that have near 5% interest rates like ING direct orange account, or HSBC Money Market Savings account as some examples.\n\nThe CD thing sucks becuz they tie your money up for long periods of time whereas money market savings accounts are easily liquidible.\n\nOh i should mention also that ROTH IRA has no penalities on withdrawls you make against the principle, and you can use money from a ROTH IRA to buy your first home too!