Have between 5k and 10k where the best place to put it to get the best return

daveboy1974

am looking at long term and short term 

Retireby40

Nio stocks. Research the company and the plans in China. Know that you will need to leave it in for a while to make significant gains but could make short term gains if you want to play about.

yksi

Vanguard account invested in some flavour of the S&P 500.

Mickey666

I think we need to know the OPs risk profile.  Is he prepared to actually LOSE any of his money in the pursuit of high returns?

grumiofoundation

Retireby40 said:

Nio stocks. Research the company and the plans in China. Know that you will need to leave it in for a while to make significant gains or losses but could make short term gains or losses if you want to play about.

Annotated for completeness.

Single stock investing, especially in a company whose stock had increased 10x in a year, is very risky.

daveboy1974 said:

am looking at long term and short term 

What is long and short term?
What is your aim, are you willing to risk capital? 

Retireby40

grumiofoundation said:

Retireby40 said:

Nio stocks. Research the company and the plans in China. Know that you will need to leave it in for a while to make significant gains or losses but could make short term gains or losses if you want to play about.

Annotated for completeness.

Single stock investing, especially in a company whose stock had increased 10x in a year, is very risky.

daveboy1974 said:

am looking at long term and short term 

What is long and short term?
What is your aim, are you willing to risk capital? 

There are no certainties in the market or in life. But if the OP is looking to at least TRY and make some decent meaningful profit NIO is a good option. Will it be like Tesla in 5 years. Nope. But will it be worth double or triple what it is now? Most likely.

Investing in something giving 3 or 4% a year is fine if the OP is looking to make enough to go on holiday. 

All depends on his risk and what his actual aims are. Make money or beat inflation.

benbay001

Retireby40 said:

grumiofoundation said:

Retireby40 said:

Nio stocks. Research the company and the plans in China. Know that you will need to leave it in for a while to make significant gains or losses but could make short term gains or losses if you want to play about.

Annotated for completeness.

Single stock investing, especially in a company whose stock had increased 10x in a year, is very risky.

daveboy1974 said:

am looking at long term and short term 

What is long and short term?
What is your aim, are you willing to risk capital? 

There are no certainties in the market or in life. But if the OP is looking to at least TRY and make some decent meaningful profit NIO is a good option. Will it be like Tesla in 5 years. Nope. But will it be worth double or triple what it is now? Most likely.

Investing in something giving 3 or 4% a year is fine if the OP is looking to make enough to go on holiday. 

All depends on his risk and what his actual aims are. Make money or beat inflation.

If someone says to you "You can own the whole of BMW or half of NIO" Which do you choose? 
40bn market cap vs 80bn market cap.
Do you choose the one that needs an additional 10bn every year just to keep the lights on? Or do you choose the one that returns 5bn to you every year in profit?
Plus, ive seen plenty of pure electric BMWs, but ive not yet even seen a picture of a Nio car.
The world has gone mad.

Retireby40

benbay001 said:

Retireby40 said:

grumiofoundation said:

Retireby40 said:

Nio stocks. Research the company and the plans in China. Know that you will need to leave it in for a while to make significant gains or losses but could make short term gains or losses if you want to play about.

Annotated for completeness.

Single stock investing, especially in a company whose stock had increased 10x in a year, is very risky.

daveboy1974 said:

am looking at long term and short term 

What is long and short term?
What is your aim, are you willing to risk capital? 

There are no certainties in the market or in life. But if the OP is looking to at least TRY and make some decent meaningful profit NIO is a good option. Will it be like Tesla in 5 years. Nope. But will it be worth double or triple what it is now? Most likely.

Investing in something giving 3 or 4% a year is fine if the OP is looking to make enough to go on holiday. 

All depends on his risk and what his actual aims are. Make money or beat inflation.

If someone says to you "You can own the whole of BMW or half of NIO" Which do you choose? 
40bn market cap vs 80bn market cap.
Do you choose the one that needs an additional 10bn every year just to keep the lights on? Or do you choose the one that returns 5bn to you every year in profit?
Plus, ive seen plenty of pure electric BMWs, but ive not yet even seen a picture of a Nio car.
The world has gone mad.

I choose the one I believes stock will increase the most.

daveboy1974

Hi looking at 3-5 year min Am new to this what is OP and NIO ?

grumiofoundation

OP is original poster (you). 

Nio is a Chinese electric car company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIO_(car_company)

As asked by various posters what is your attitude to risk? 3-5 years is the low end of what would often be suggested as a sensible timescale to reduce the risk of loss of capital. 

comment_as...

Take some time to learn first and start small. Remember people have an interest in talking up shares they own themselves. Personally I would invest in 5 to 10 dissimilar small companies with operating margins of at least 10% and p/e ratios no higher than 13. You can use a free trial of Stockopedia to run a screen like that. Have a look at 5 year profits and dividends and then read the accounts of the companies that look okay. Lots of people will say that's way too risky, just what I'd do myself. I've lost more than 60% before. I've also made more than 300%