text: What time frame are you looking at? The higher the risk the more profitable the return but at the same time the more chance of losing your money.  The more legal your investment the less profitable too.  Investment in Caribbean countries are paying good money right now.  If you are young and want to take on a decent amount of risk. I would invest in financial commodities Euros to be exact. in commodities you can control a 200:1 ratio with your $5000 you can control $1000000 US worth of Euros as the Euro will rise you keep the profits when you think it high enough say $15000000 sell and pay back the 1000000 and pay you broker and keep your nice profit of roughly $450000 US.  Believe me when I say the Euro is going to rise against the dollar this year especially with the economy about to tank thanks to our election results. Iraqis about to boil over the Middle East is abut to ignite and Europe is the only stable continent.