If you look at Companies who pay a good dividend, and invest heavily in R&D you should make a good return but only over a period of years, don't even look at Day trading, the bloke who made 100% will have lost it all within months.

I have a friend who did day trading he started with ￡500,000 (about $700,000) around 2005, in 2011 he was down to his last ￡95,000 and buying a house, he made as much as ￡25,000 in a month, but also lost ￡28,000 the following month?

$500 isn't even worth investing. By the time you pay the charges you'll be losing money.

" read somewhere that someone 16 years old invested and got over 100% in returns at the stock market"

100% over what period? 10 years? So what. 2 weeks? Incredibly lucky.

You can't go into the stock market looking to make quick 100% profits. It doesn't work like that.

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Divide $500 in 5 equal pieces and invest in the best company or AAA+ company in your country. I think in 2.5 yrs...ideally it will double.

Keep in mind that if it was really that easy then everyone would be doing it.

I still don't have a job but read somewhere that someone 16 years old invested and got over 100% in returns at the stock market. So I am wondering how can I invest in the stock market our perhaps going to some brokerage or something.