The best strategy for investment is to find a low cost fund, at a low cost broker and invest for the long term. It's pretty pointless for the average person to try to beat the market with active trading these days, because while it is possible - most will fail so unless you're willing to put in many years of research on the topic you should leave it alone. First off, you should try to buy a property - maybe the biggest that you can sensibly afford. Next you should put 90% of your money into those low cost funds that were mentioned, ideally in a fund that has shares in as many companies worldwide as possible, as this will lower your risk and give you the best return. That last 10% you could have fun with and maybe try to buy some speculative assets.