If you had 10k to invest

I would go to page 2 and look at the $25 grand to invest thread and then do the exact same thing as that but with $15 grand less.

Pretty sure there was a what to invest $9k in a few weeks ago as well. Go to that thread and add $1k to what they said to do.

Investment strategies are not going to change that much from having $1k-$300k to invest. Your options and strategy really only changes once you break the income or net worth threshold to become an "accredited investor".

There's been a lot of threads on it lately. But, the key is your timeline, why do you want to invest it, and what investment accounts do you have now.

Vanguard Index funds

VTSAX

That over VTSMX?

ETA: NVM, I see they are the same fund, just one is Admiral shares

I'd look at a few oil ETF's like USO,BNO, or DNO. They follow the price of crude oil fairly closely creating an opportunity for good, relatively safe returns in the next 6 months to 2 years or so.