What is the easiest way to double a thousand?

[maddhatter717]

What is the easiest way to double a thousand dollars?Quickly.

[maddhatter717]

And legally.

[summerjack]

Fly to Vegas and put it on Duke to beat the spread in round 3. ;)

[VunderBob]

Fold it over, and stick it back in your pocket.

[Hal Briston]

Bet on Red.

[LordVor]

As you can see, the only "quick, easy" ways to double your money involve an equally likely outcome of you losing your money. All quick ways require a lot of work, and all easy ways take time.

-lv

[Casey1505]

Send it to me. I'll take a crack at it. When do you need it back?

[WaryEri]

Put it in a dark room with the sexiest $20 you can find, turn on some Barry White...


I'm not helpful at all. The safest ways to increase that thousand aren't quick, and the quickest ways carry a big risk. I invested a little more than that last year, and now have $45 dollars where there was no $45 before, but that's a far cry from doubling it, and a farther cry from quick.

[Really Not All That Bright]

A calculator?

[Wesley Clark]

go to Kinkos

The only way i can think of is to buy something then resell it. i wouldnt know what though.

[Wesley Clark]

The only way i can think of is to buy something then resell it. i wouldnt know what though.


I'll give you a hint, its not drugs

[Metacom]

Shift it left one bit.

[d1a1s1]

I have a friend who has done real well buying POS cars for around a grand, cleaning them up and selling for double. Its a very grey area when it comes to buying a beater car.

[ccwaterback]

Buy one of these micro-caps and hope the market gets happy:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=rmsg.ob+gojo.ob+mbri.ob+vper.pk&d=t

We should get a rally in the market in early April, the fund managers have to put all that new IRA money to work somewhere. Just pray Bush doesn't decide to bomb another country, and another country doesn't decide to bomb us.

[Gorsnak]

Mitosis?

[Happy Lendervedder]

Times it by 2.

[Quint Essence]

in some situations employers will match employee contributions to a 401k or IRA....

[Zoe]

[quote]Really Not All That Bright A calculator?

Oh, come on now! A few pieces of scratch paper and a pencil with a good eraser and you can do it quite cheaply without the calculator.

If you want to make a quick buck, you have to be willing to lose it all. And you have to be able to afford to lose it all.

Don't play the slots. Terrible odds.

[SkeptiJess]

Double the 1 and stick three zeros on at the end.

Seriously, though -- if there's something you know the value of you can make good money on eBay. Over the course of last year my brother bought about $1200 worth of car parts at pull-your-own-parts junkyards and resold them on eBay for around $2100.

[DMark]

Ever heard of the adage, "It takes money to make money"?

Trick is to invest in something that will make money. Some product you can sell at street fairs or garage sales, or something you know for sure you can turn around and sell the next day for a profit.

Kirk Kirkorian is a guy who started off with almost nothing - he now owns MGM Studios, MGM Grand, Bellagio, Mirage and several other casinos, plus he once owned a nice chunk of Chrysler, etc. That was a man who knew how to double his money over and over and over, and rather quickly.

So the first thing I would suggest is to not ask how to double your money, but think how you can double that a couple million times over.

When you do, and you are a successful billionaire, be sure to look up you old buddy DMark and show your gratitude!

[don't ask]

Take out ads and sell copies of "How To Quickly Double Your Money" by maddhatter717.

[Brainiac4]

Seriously... ebay.

Here's how, as I understand it. Disclaimer: I have not tried it, lacking the energy to do so.

Step 1: Go to a local merchant with a good return policy. Buy something rather discounted.

Step 2: List on ebay for a starting price of what you paid. Don't forget to charge for shipping.

Step 3: Return what does not sell.

Repeat until done.

[GrizzRich]

Craps table.
Bet on the shooter to lose.

[JerH]

Cut it in half. Each half will grow into a separate $1000 bill.