Where’s a good place to invest right now? Stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, commodities, IPOs, metals?

My objective is high growth so I’m willing to take higher than average risk but not ridiculous risk. Liquidity is key so I won’t do Private Placements and I avoid the volatility of thinly traded Penny Stocks. I am a seasoned finance professional with a master’s in finance and a broker’s license I’ve not used in years and have merely been out of the market for a while. So this is really a call for more of an update on what’s hot out there now as I certainly intend to do my research. Yahoo! Answers can be one source for research information in that we may have a few experts capable of extending some good advice, or personal investors with some tips on what’s been working for them in this current financial environment.

I’ve held diversified portfolios of stocks where some of my winners hit doubles or triples. You can’t count on that happening every time but boy, do you remember when your picks did. Looking for a double right now if you know of any candidates. Will trade on margin
You know, you ask a serious and valid question here on Yahoo! Answers and why do some responders immediately feel this is an invitation to try to invalidate the Asker’s question with some “topper” they think they can make, noting the world is coming to an end (so they say) by global warming, so don’t even think about something as silly as investing in anything as doomed as world financial markets because you need to be burrowing like a mole and hiding from the impending Hell that is lurking.

Please, for those with rational advice versus the Chicken Littles of the world who want to proclaim “The SKY is falling!”, I would appreciate a serious response.

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