Where you do put your money if you want a high rate of return?

[Rakehellion]

I want 9%-12% interest annually. I hear universal life is no good for some reason. Why is that? Can I just hand it all to a venture capitalist or a stock broker?

Semi-related but mostly unrelated question: What happened to that social website where average people could lend money? Did they go belly up because of non-payment?

 

[Genx87]

Only 9-12% and hands off?

 

[xeemzor]

Sigh. This is why people should have to pass a test before investing. Start with this book. and go from there.

 

[jlee]

I want 9%-12% interest annually.

Don't we all?

 

[DesiPower]

Invest overseas...

 

[vi edit]

1. Forex
2. Prosper.com

 

[xeemzor]

1. Forex
2. Prosper.com

Those two choices are pretty much the worst way to invest money. Insanely high risk without the return to match.

 

[madoka]

Star Wars Lego sets.

Some sets will jump in value 100% within months of being retired. Even the dog sets that I bought on deep clearance have gone over their original retail price.

I can't think of a single set that did not increase in value.

 

[SSSnail]

Renaissance arts. High end designer purses.

 

[Printer Bandit]

black or red?

 

[rudeguy]

Coke and heroine. The trick is finding a decent chicken joint to funnel the money through.

 

[mmntech]

Don't we all?

Lol. The "high interest" account I have with my bank pays a whopping 0.8%. It was paying 3% back when I opened it. Yay shitty economy.

GICs pay only 1.5% now, and that's only if you lock your money away for 5 years.

 

[KlokWyze]

Wine.
Physical precious metals.
Ammunition.

They are surprisingly solid stores of value regardless of how much crazy points you score by actually investing in them.

 

[WelshBloke]

Lol. The "high interest" account I have with my bank pays a whopping 0.8%. It was paying 3% back when I opened it. Yay shitty economy.

GICs pay only 1.5% now, and that's only if you lock your money away for 5 years.

Hey! That shitty economy is keeping my mortgage rate under 0.8% thank you very much.

 

[dr150]

For this year(s), invest in a hedged currency instrument for the European sector, like the super popular HEDJ.

Europe has just began QE and this will artificially inflate (already discounted) asset prices, just as it did in the US. Druckenmiller and other legendary investors are putting money to work in Europe as it's easy money.

This is probably the sanest/easiest no-brainer theme to make easy money for this year(s). Europe will easily outperform the S&P500 this year....even with the Greek headache which has already been "priced" into the market.

Think of what QE did for the USA the past several years and now begin applying it to Europe. Since HEDJ is currency hedged, your dollars won't feel the spikes.

European QE:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102467554

HEDJ FYI:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/278...e-while-hedged-will-it-continue-to-outperform

HEDJ up 17% YTD...
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=HEDJ+Interactive#

 

[IronWing]

Why Confederate bonds!

 

[Slew Foot]

Star Wars Lego sets.

Some sets will jump in value 100% within months of being retired. Even the dog sets that I bought on deep clearance have gone over their original retail price.

I can't think of a single set that did not increase in value.

even better is 2 year old Magic th Gathering sealed wax boxes. the average appreciation between year two and 4 of being retired is 300%

 

[K1052]

A hedge fund. Call a few of the big ones and see what they'll offer you.

 

[BurnItDwn]

NBA teams, McLaren F1

Note, start up costs are a bit steep, but, these generally maintain better than 10% rate of return.

 

[inachu]

One answer and the only..... Timothy Sykes.

 

[jagec]

Take out a loan on your house and your car and use it all to buy Bitcoin.

 

[ghost recon88]

Mutual/Index funds, right ones have averaged 15-17% return yearly over the last 5 years.

 

[Belegost]

Mutual/Index funds, right ones have averaged 15-17% return yearly over the last 5 years.

One might argue that looking at fund performance over the past 5 years will be a bit skewed given that the economy was recovering from a massive crash during that period.

I would be much more interested in the past 20 years, or at least 10.

 

[Kadarin]

Does investing in a large Beanie Babies collection count anymore?

 

[Hugo Drax]

https://manchesterfunds.com

Manchester funds offers 480% returns.