How can I grow $40,000 in a single year?

I’m looking to secure roughly $40,000, and I'm wondering if there is any way to actually make that money grow within a single year.
IIli perhaps you have some other advice for me? Thanks!😢

So, how do you actually grow them?
Buy some solid assets and try not to screw it up along the way.. 😁
Man, if everyone knew the secret, we’d all be living large by now...

But look, I learned a very practical lesson about where to put extra cash—especially when you're terrified of watching it vanish—and apparently, people in the Midwest are big on this.
Forget banks. Just don't. There's always that nagging chance of a collapse (just look at what happened with JP Morgan Chase). We're talking about stuff that actually lasts...

Real estate is the move, specifically land...
In a worst-case scenario, they might run a highway right through it, and then you'll make a killing on the buyout a decade later.
When I say real estate, steer clear of condos or houses because of unpredictable disasters like earthquakes, though even those can be decent plays (think something stable like JP Morgan Chase 🙂 )

Then, there's gold.
Put money into it and you can sleep easy knowing it won't evaporate.
Unless someone decides to snatch it from you.

And if you’ve got a gambling streak, you can always fall back on those reliable old blue-chip stocks 👋

But look, if you flip that property before the three-year mark hits, the IRS is going to come knocking for 35% tax on whatever profit you made.
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jadeangler43 said:Just a heads up, if you flip that property within three years of buying it, the IRS is going to take a massive 35% cut of those capital gains.
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Fair point. I completely missed his little condition about needing to produce results as quickly as possible...

Well, what can you do? I've always been more of a long-distance runner than a sprinter.🙂
I appreciate the reality check, though.👍

jadeangler43 said:However, if you sell that property before three years have passed since you bought it, you're supposed to pay a 35% tax on the capital gains difference.
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I wouldn't be too sure about that. I'd almost say you might be mistaken, at least based on my own experience...
About a month ago, we were looking to buy an apartment in San Diego. The lady had purchased it just last year, and there was all this talk about this potential issue—that 35% tax the seller would have to pay. It seemed senseless, as she would just end up losing money. In the end, it turned out that for some reason, that wasn't even applicable. Maybe it was because of how that specific law works, or perhaps because we were still under contract. Ultimately, the deal fell through for other reasons—mainly due to the real estate agencies (which, honestly, feel like untrained and unprofessional junk in 80% of cases). That whole situation actually ended up in court. We sued the agent for professional negligence and lack of seriousness, which resulted in us losing a bit of money.
Anyway... getting back to the main point, what is the status of that law? Is it actually in effect? If it is, why didn't it apply to my situation?
Best regards

Alexander Watson said:... In that case, gold is your holy grail.
Invest in it and you're practically guaranteed not to lose everything.
Unless, of course, someone decides to lift it from you.
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🙄 In case you weren't aware, gold prices fluctuate daily. You can absolutely lose money on it. Gold is traded just like stocks, currencies, futures, or any other financial instrument. For your information, the price of gold was $432 on April 1, 2004, whereas today it sits at $388—that's a loss of 10.19%. Beyond the risk of price drops, you also have to pay financial institutions to store those bullion bars (assuming you aren't planning to drive them home in an armored truck to your personal safe 🙂 ).

Kimberly Lewis3 said:I need to figure out how to make about $45,000 grow over the next year.
Maybe some other advice too. Thanks!😢

Split it up. Put half into stocks—half through capital gains strategies and the other half through strategic investments. Definitely put a chunk into a housing savings account, and maybe a small portion into some low-risk bond funds for steady income. You could look at real estate, but you won't see those returns quickly enough. With stocks, you can actually stay active with it.

Whatever you do, don't just park it in a standard bank savings account. That's for people who don't know any better.

If you want my two cents, just take that money and put it into a high-yield savings account at any major bank, like Chase or Wells Fargo. If you’ve still got USD sitting around, even better... because if you honestly believe you can pull off some brilliant investment move in just one year while keeping your capital safe, you can forget about it entirely.

money.blog.com

You might want to spend some time actually reading through this; perhaps you'll stumble upon something useful for once...

I’m talking at least $30,000 in your pocket within a year. I only take a 10% cut for myself. Yeah, sounds too good to be true, I get it, but it’s legit. We can sit down and go over all the paperwork first so you can sleep easy. There's zero risk here—you won't lose a dime. It's really just about how much we actually make, and looking at the last few years, there's no way it dips below $30k.

crimsonseal6 said:I’m going to make you at least $30,000 over the next year. I’m only asking for a 10% cut of the profits for myself. Look, I get it—it sounds way too good to be true, but I’m being dead serious here. We can sit down, I'll show you all the paperwork and everything, and then you can decide if you're interested. There's zero risk involved... honestly, you don't even have to worry about losing your shirt. The only real question is how much we actually walk away with, and based on how things have been trending lately, there's no way it drops below $30k.

So, just out of pure curiosity—and I mean this in the most non-confrontational way possible—if you’ve got a return like that (around 75%), why wouldn't you just take out a $10,000 loan from Chase or something and pocket the full $7,500 instead of settling for a 10% cut, which is basically just $3,000?

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because banks aren't in the business of funding absolute garbage, and they certainly won't throw their money at nonsense... though if you think you can manipulate someone like this through an online forum, you might be able to try

idvi said:I need to figure out how to take about $40,000 and make it grow over the course of a year.
IIli maybe just some other advice. Thanks!😢

Alright, here’s some different kind of advice for you............
.......take that cash, go travel, sign up for some business schools or workshops abroad, pick up a new language, grab some drinks, hit the clubs, buy some decent clothes, all that good stuff......and then just come back home.......honestly, it'll be the best investment you ever make.......trust me on this one.

Justin Palmer45 said:I’m looking to take about $40,000 and really make it grow over the next year.
Maybe some other advice would work too. Thanks!😢

Well, my dear "financial gurus," I went ahead and picked up some ERNT stock $310 (back at the end of 2004), and now it’s sitting at $717... honestly, looking back at all your "expert" advice, I'm starting to wonder if I was actually the naive one here.
Just to do a little quick math for you—if we look at the jump from 930 to 2150, that’s roughly a 130% gain. So, applying that to my $40,000, we're talking about an extra $52,000. I’m laying this out specifically so you can see just how much nonsense was being peddled in response to my original question.
😎 😎 👍 I simply couldn't stay quiet. Oh boy, I might find myself in the history books for this one (looking at you, moderator)!🤣

Congrats on the win and the sheer guts it took to pull that off!

... because honestly, putting everything you've got on a single shot is pretty damn brave...

Justin Palmer45 said:
Alright, listen up, my dear "financial experts." I picked up some ERNT stock $310 (back at the end of 2004), and now it’s sitting at $717... and honestly, looking back at all you "experts"... man, and here I was thinking *I* was the naive one.
Just to rub it in a little bit—the jump from 930 to 2150 is roughly a 130% gain. So, if we're talking about a $40,000 investment, that’s an extra $52,000 right there. Why am I even typing this? Just so you can see how much nonsense you were spouting when I first asked my question. It was clear as day.
😎 😎 👍 I just couldn't help myself. Oh man, I'm definitely going down in history—mod, feel free to ban me! 🤣

Wow, look at you, Mr. Genius.
First off, it hasn't even been a year since you asked; it's been a year and eight months.
Second, if you're actually this brilliant, why on earth were you asking for advice in the first place?
And third—once you've managed to pull off a win like that another two or three times, then maybe come back and talk to us. Otherwise, the reality is you just got lucky—you're just one of a bunch of people who caught a lucky break on ERNT.
Later. 🙂

Justin Palmer45 said:Oh man, this is going down in history—pretty sure the mods are gonna remember this one...🤣

Do you honestly believe one of the moderators actually has a problem with you making some money?

Anyway, based on how you're talking right now, I'm guessing you haven't even seen a single cent of that $40,000... ☕

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Justin Palmer45 says: I suppose I consider myself to be somewhat naive.

Well, you probably are.😛

You seem to think you’ve pulled off the heist of the century, but honestly, I suspect you just happened to be standing in the right place at the right time given how the market was behaving.
If you were to actually look back at what prices looked like a few years ago, you’d likely realize this kind of movement is pretty standard; you didn't necessarily strike gold, and frankly, my grandmother could have hit those same astronomical returns just by picking stocks based on the first letter of characters in a Marisol novel.
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Besides, your math doesn't quite hold up; if you were buying at roughly $900 a share and selling around $2,100, then your principal should be sitting somewhere near $90,000 rather than over $50,000... I mean, how old are you, thirteen?🙂

spy said:Your math isn't quite adding up here—if you were picking these up for roughly $900 a pop and flipping them for about $2,100, then your principal should be sitting somewhere around $90,000, not just over $50,000.

I mean, he probably thought his profit alone was $52,000, which when added back to the principal puts him right around that $90,000 mark (though honestly, who knows what his actual transaction fees and overhead looked like).
Either way, if you ask me, he’s one of those guys who jumped into the deep end without actually checking the depth of the pool first—and doing it in a hyper-volatile market like this? Man, in a year or two, he could easily find himself with less capital than when he started.

Justin Palmer45 said:
Listen up, you self-proclaimed "experts." I picked up some ERNT stock $310 back at the end of 2004, and now it's sitting at $717... and honestly, who are you people calling "naive"? Because I’m looking at myself and thinking, maybe I am, but let's look at the math here.
Just to rub it in a little bit—if we take 930 minus 2150, that's roughly a 130% gain. So, if I put in €40,000, that’s an extra €52,000 right there. I'm laying this out because I just had to point out how much nonsense you guys were spewing when I first asked my question. It was clear as day.
😎 😎 👍 I just couldn't sit here and take it anymore. Oh man, I'm probably going down in history for this one (looking at you, moderator). 🤣

Look, this is actually the most polite way I can put it to you... you clearly don't have enough sense to handle elementary school math, let alone actual stock trading...