If I thought that you were serious, I would encourage you to look at investing $200,000 in tax liens and $50,000 in a Forex hedge strategy.

With the tax liens you should be able to generate 12% to 25% per year and perhaps pick up a piece of property or two.

With a conservative forex hedge trading strategy you should be able to earn 4% to 8% per month.

Good luck.

Paul

Put it in a Roth IRA. Capital Choice has a great program…

buy shares in EVX. it keeps on climbing.

investment is when you still get the money even if you do nothing. and you can’t do that with FOREX because it requires your to ‘trade’. Trade is more like a ‘job’ than investment to me. and when i said ‘job’, you need to learn and be expert if you want to be successful. you can’t expect much when you don’t do the trade.

Think about what it is that you want. What are your goals for this money?

Do you know anything about investing, mutual funds or the stock market?

Diversify. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Split your money between the following types of investment:
Low Risk – High Interest Bank A/c (4% – 6% p.a.)
Medium Risk – Mutual Fund / Index Fund (8% – 12%)
High Risk – Individual Stocks / Strategies (20%+)

Investing tends to only get exciting when you make money quickly or you see the end result of a good investment over a fairly long period of time 15 – 20 years or longer.

The more risk we are prepared to take, the more we can expect to make. That is why the stock market will generally return more than a savings account.

To be successful you will need patience, discipline, and wisdom. But most importantly you need a plan and you need to define your goals.

It may prove expensive to acquire that much needed wisdom on your own. Learn by other peoples mistakes. Learn from other peoples successes. Read some books. Visit your local book store and find a book that you like and feel comfortable with.

Some of the titles I have on my bookshelf include:
One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
How to make money in Stocks by William J. O’Neil (Founder of Investor’s Business Daily)
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J Stanley and William D Danco

Check out web sites like fool.com and yahoo finance.
Investigate trading strategies with a proven track record over 3, 5, 10, and 15 years.

Pick something that you understand, find easy to use and will help you realise your goals. Pick a strategy where you can take responsibility for your investments and be in full control of your capital.

Systems like the Stocks Monthly system are definitely worth investigating once you are up to speed with the nuts and bolts of investing.

Hi, I am a Full time forex trader. Notice the word “TRADER”? I personally feel FOREX is NOT an investment instrument. Yes, you can make alot of money out of it and Yes, it could be the path towards financial freedom. But trading forex needs Education, research and extensive experience. 80% of beginners lose money in forex. Ive met people who traded forex without the right education and lost 50k – 200k within the 1st year. If you really considering trading Forex, I suggest get the right education, practice on demo accounts until you have developed the skill and mental strengh in it.

Or if you want to at least be involved in Forex but want to avoid the risks, try hedge funds – but again, this needs studying as to which funds are right for you.

I personally trade forex for a living and invests in real estate for long term. it is much safer and stable than forex (long term wise). Have a look at your risk tolerance and what is the purpose of your investment is. If risk is low, like you said tax liens and deeds might be a better option. If you are looking for an investment for retirement, then i would say long-term property holding. the return might be peanuts in the 1st few years but are astronomical for long term.

Small-cap ETF or international ETF. IWM is a pretty good small-cap ETF, VWO is a good emerging markets ETF. You can always look at their competitors for alternatives. Most of their competitors should be similar to them. Powershares is another family of ETFs that started a couple of years ago and have shown considerable promise.

FOREX is a zero sum game. Look it up. ahem wikipedia. ahem. If you have 250,000 to blow and don’t know the rules of the game- you will suffer bad. Look into ETFs instead. And check out your risk tolerance prior to.

S & P 500 Index Fund and leave it there for 20-30 years.

You sound rather immature to me. So, I’d suggest you keep it “disposible” in case as you may get the urge to spend some of it. If you asking this question, then stay out of the stockmarket.