Where is the best "place" to invest $10K for the fastest return in the
shortest period of time. High risk okay.

If by place you mean geographical area, I don't know but if I was to
guess I'd say silicon valley.

If you mean in what to invest it in, I'd say a start-up company with a
good product/idea and people that love what they do at the helm.

Hello,

By "place" do you mean what type of investments, such as stocks or
bonds, or do you mean specific investments, such as MSFT or IBM?

Also, what kinda of short-term are you thinking?  One week?  Two months?

Give it here. 

I might pay you 100% in five days. 

I might not.

Risky enough?

Writing options on warrants. Trust me. If not, ask nronronron .. a
regular contributor here.

The best place to invest is internet marketing.  There's a fortune
being made out there every day if you know where to look.  I
personally know at least 5 people who have seen between 200% and 500%
R.O.I. in a 90 day period.  For reference, read up at
www.makeithappenforyou.net.  With the right company and the right
structure, almost anything is possible if you're willing to invest in
it. You should look for something that doesn't require a lot of your
own personal time or involvement.

go for derivatives, and please stay away from internet marketing.
Also, if you invest in a small startup you will not see a cent in many
years.

If you look for the fastest returns on your money, Forex and Futures
market is the absolute place. The gains and losses in a single day are
mind boggling.
I will give you an example: Let assume that you trade in a micro Forex
account that you can open with few hundred dollars. The margin on a
EUR/USD cross of $10,000 is in the range of $100-$200. The cross can
move easy in a day $100-$200 which can result in a gain-loss of
100%-200%. There is no faster way of getting rich or poor than Forex.

Do I recommend you to trade Forex. My answer is NO. I traded futures,
options, options on futures, options on currency, you name it. Is
unbelievable difficult to win.

Today I am in real estate and here I find here some opportunities
without feeling dizzy of overnight moves in TBond, Japanese Yen, ? .
Sometimes I can find some good deals in the new homes market or resale
market. To have an idea you can go to my site
www.New-Homes-San-Jose.com . In real estate I have leverage without
the margin call and this is good. Also if you take in account money
saved taxes it can be great. On the flip side it takes years and a lot
of work.

Maybe in the end the best return for your money is just to enjoy them,
I wonder if is not the best answer to your $10,000 question.

You guys seem to forget he said INVEST not speculate. 

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in?vest
1.	to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something
offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or
appreciation in value.

spec?u?late 
3.	to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk
or the chance of large gains, esp. to buy and sell commodities,
stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit.
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In order to invest you must put your money in something offering
profitable returns without entering in the area of speculation.

If we were to take GE bonds (a stable company) as the benchmark of
good investments http://geinterestplus.com/index.html 5.3% is the best
you'd get. At 5.3% annual return on your money it would take 14 years
to double your money from $ 10,000 to $ 20,605. With that as the base
from were to measure your 'investment' any company with a price to
earnings higher than 14 would be a BAD investment, because you are
paying more for the share of stock than what it would take for the
earnings of that company to repay you for the expense of buying the
stock. Of course, you can always speculate that the value of the stock
will go up, and that the company's earnings will be greater in the
future, but that is speculating not investing.

Start a day trading account and learn trading from a mentor, a
professional day trader online.

Girish
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If you already have some knowledge in trading stocks, I would
recommend you learn to trade options.

Options trading offers 2 important advantages over normal stock trading:
1>Leverage - it is possible to own $100k worth of stocks for only $10k
2>Risk management - by combining options, you can setup trades that
allows you to manage risk/reward to your liking.

However, the downside is that you need to spend some time to learn the
art of options trading.

For that, I recommend you visit www.theoptionsguide.com. Many
strategies are covered along with detailed examples.

The best options broker online would be www.optionsxpress.com. They
provide the best user interface for trading options.

Elids .. good point. Investing is for mid to long term growth. However, bret
suggested that high risk is ok. 

Hengwee says that 100k can be owned for 10K. Well, sort of, but that sounds
like CFDs to me, so thay are not actually owned. Interest is still payable
on the leveraged amount. Great leveraging, but leveraging magnifies in
both directions. It depends upon your risk tolerance of course. I
never like the
sound of margin calls.

I'm sticking with writing options on warrants. A bit of an each way
bet, with the borrowed amount not repayable even if the economy falls
south.

All the best.