# Investment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investment/95089>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 25, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investment/95089 "2001-11-25T00:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![K3v1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@K3v1n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K3v1n)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investment/95089/1 "2001-11-25T00:44:05Z")

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What’s the best short term, lowest risk way for a 17 year old to invest, say $100?

Stocks? Bonds? Mutal funds?

I’m not looking to have a million or so by retirement, just some cash to buy a car (or something) sometime next year. Although, a million would be nice… 😃

Your financial advice is greatly appreciated.

-Kevin

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**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investment/95089/2 "2001-11-25T01:08:10Z")

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Simple answer: There is no short term low risk way to invest $100 and get back a car next year. (In fact, the only _high risk_ way I can think of is lottery tickets.)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investment/95089/3 "2001-11-25T05:26:24Z")

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This is a matter of opinion, not fact, so I’ll close this thread. Feel free to repost in the In My Humble Opinion forum.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ