How would you invest $25k for 1 year?

Quote from ViciousTide : Actually, much like the movie Kung Fu Panda 2, the secret sauce is........YOU. Your personalty, your behavior patterns, your good and bad habbits, your knowledge about all sorts of topics, your interests and pursuits, your curiosity to grow and become a better you ties into your own strategy for investments, and even if you have crossed over form consumer worker debtor to frugal, wealthy creditor yet. I recommend of course, finding some passionate not for money investing blogs to get started, and read some books on retiring extremely early without winning the lottery. Then go forth with research, watch, observe, learn, try, experiment, grow your freedom fund, then blast off!

that was kung fu Panda 1. Kung Fu Panda 2 was about inner peace and dancing with a water droplet or cannonball -- whatever floats your boat.

Quote from gdawgrappa : Its impossible to pick any one year and guarantee a fat return like that. If the OP had a 5 year time horizon, my advice would be different.

Believing it's impossible is what is holding you back. Fear not, my young padawan.
Though if debt and consumerism are still your mindset, then you are not ready to invest.

I picked it in the present based on solid fundamentals from the company (in my own opinion) and made it happen.

The grass is greener where you water it, after some research of course.

Quote from amoghthegamer : You are an idiot, and everybody in the Finance forum knows it. Why do you keep trolling here? Do not listen to that buffoon. He is the same person who stole gift cards from bestbuy yet he is not almost a millionaire and retired from PASSIVE INCOME... Yeah, don't listen to ViciousTide... He is full of it.

Calling people names, means you have already lost the debate.

Either way just trying to help people get out of their fear shells, and fear shackles of working everyday for the rest of their lives under someone's agendas and orders.

Quote from phonic : Just think if you would have bought it on March 9th. 2009 for $1.77/share. Not including dividends or splits (I didn't see any, but I'm lazy), that $25k would be $755,508 today.

Once you reach a certain Amount of saved/invested money making money for you and balancing out your chosen lifestyle expenses, then all you care about is time more so than earning more money, aka you have reached FI/Retirement/Freedom.

Then you volunteer to help others.

Quote from phonic : Anyone can look at the past 12-month history of a stock and rattle of hundreds that you SHOULD or COULD have bought. But that doesn't mean jack squat unless you did. For every stock that's doubled in value over a year, there are at least the same number that have lost 50% of their value. There is no such thing as a sure thing, and hindsight is always 20/20.

I did...

I understand your statement in general, and mine is geared to show success can be obtained consistently after you have mastered your own emotions and behaviors; and to get other's more involved in research for their present and future investing strategies, and not just doddlying on the sidelines while inflation eats them up.
Are you doing some related research on Companies to invest in and have you invested? This was half of a particular strategy i implemented, and it paid bank every month. The other half is dividend growth companies, and they are still paying every month.
This has worked very successfully for me. You will have no luck if you don't believe and don't take some kind of action, and be sure to implement planning/research before your actions.

Quote from ViciousTide : Believing it's impossible is what is holding you back. Fear not, my young padawan. Though if debt and consumerism are still your mindset, then you are not ready to invest. I picked it in the present based on solid fundamentals from the company (in my own opinion) and made it happen. The grass is greener where you water it, after some research of course.

Haha, I think you are the young padawan my friend . Here's why--anyone that claims that fundamentals have ANYTHING to do with a stock price in the short term is naive. The stock market is efficient only over time, a long period of time that is. Over a 10 year period, sure. Consider your short term success to be a gift, as it very easily could have gone the other way.

If people are arguing about Kung Fu Panda you've come to the wrong forum to ask about investing advice.

Quote from ViciousTide : Actually, much like the movie Kung Fu Panda 2, the secret sauce is........YOU. Quote from bonkman : that was kung fu Panda 1. Kung Fu Panda 2 was about inner peace and dancing with a water droplet or cannonball -- whatever floats your boat.

Actually...guys...the secret ingredient was....NOTHING.

Proof [youtube.com] Start at 0:27 mark.

Quote from kyotuosa : A good entry level job will allow you to save 25k in a yr. Both of you are r f'ing joke.

Did I miss your explanation of this? What is "entry level" to you? $150k? Most jobs out of college (entry level) will net $40k to $50...the Government is going to only leave you $25k of that and you are saying you can save every penny of it??

Quote from hermano : Prosper.com and invest only in 1 year loans. There are other factors to consider besides the length of the loan... but I'll let you figure that out.

Anyone have experience with sites like this? they seem to be the best way to manage risk for descent return past the 2% range of interest checking and CD garbage. Are they riskier than they appear to be due to default rates?

Quote from ViciousTide : Cough*Cough* LVS July 30th, 2012, $37.54/share to Present day $53.49, (+ $3.25 in dividends/share ) You retired/FI yet?

I got in at $12...u jelly?

Quote from rebat : Quoted. I will follow LVS for the lols

LVS: $54.76 11:30am 2/1/2013

and you didn't believe me!

Quote from ViciousTide : LVS: $54.76 11:30am 2/1/2013 and you didn't believe me!

Still have 11 months to go.

Quote from Curtieson : Actually...guys...the secret ingredient was....NOTHING. Proof [youtube.com] Start at 0:27 mark. Did I miss your explanation of this? What is "entry level" to you? $150k? Most jobs out of college (entry level) will net $40k to $50...the Government is going to only leave you $25k of that and you are saying you can save every penny of it??

Learn to live on $10k/year/person and learn to invest and you will earn a very early retirement.

Quote from ViciousTide : Learn to live on $10k/year/person and learn to invest and you will earn a very early retirement.

qft....if you dont have a life.