If you plan to use the money in less than 5 years, put it in a savings account t. I like capital one 360 (formerly Ing Direct), but any one will do.
The most important part of investing is knowing your time horizon--stocks or stocks and bonds are just too risky for any time.hirozion less than 5 years.
If you plan to use the money in less than 5 years and know you will need about 30k then put it in a savings account or something of the kind.
On the other hand, if you have no specific plans for that money, and you would just like as much money as possible in 5 years' time, on average you are likely (on past performance) to have more in 5 years if you put it into the stock market than if you put it into a savings account.
(And if you know that in 5 years' time you will desperately need about 100k and have no other way of getting that money, go to a casino or something. Fortunately, that's a rather uncommon situation.)
The most important part of investing is knowing your time horizon--stocks or stocks and bonds are just too risky for any time.hirozion less than 5 years.