There are really one three areas you can invest your money.
Either in Real estate, Stocks, or in a business not listed in the stock exchange.
That is it! The complications come in though when you have to decide where to now invest your hard earned money, or who you should trust to invest this money for you.
I prefer to make the decisions my self based on advice I have received that I can easily follow up on, then ultimately decide for myself.
My company has been investing for others for a little while now, we have invested in real estate, in the stock market and now in smaller businesses.
Never having all your eggs in one basket is something I firmly believe in.
What I also believe in though is to know about what you are investing in, the old example is a person working in the corporate world decides to put all his savings into opening a restaurant.
Yet has never owned or operated/managed a restaurant in his life.
All he knows is that he likes eating at them.
then one thing leads to another and he has lost all his savings and has to start from scratch yet again.
You must always have a mentor or someone you can trust giving you information to invest with, after you receive this information.
then use it to make a decision for yourself! Investing in the real world is actually much simpler than you think, keep investing simple as I said there are really only 3 things you can invest in businesses, stocks and real estate.
So start there and use your own common sense before investing in anything.
Trust me on that.
I personally trade for myself and have done very well following honest review sites like the one in the paragraph below.