Sold some old business equipment and want to invest

If you need it in 12 months or less then just stick it in a HYSA.

Good chance you'd get better returns in the market, but good enough chance you wouldn't and your time frame is pretty short.

I can let it ride for a few years

Risk tolerance, objectives , time frame, existing portfolio allocation vs target allocation, tax bracket now and when you need $, do you have retirement accounts or HSA and if so are they fully funded for the year, are you already maxing any match? Without knowing these you are gonna get recommendations that arent optimal for your situation and some that are likely wildly inappropriate.

That said, my go to default investment is VTI or a similar low expense ratio index ETF assuming you dont need the $ short/mid term and willing to accept losses and/or ride it out for years waiting to recover.

Let’s revisit.
Give me 4.5k in NBIS and RKLB plus 1k in HGRAF as of today’s close.

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to say that doubling your money is the “worst” scenario with any 2 of those 5. That’s not even remotely true.

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You are correct. But I think NBIS will be $150 at minimum two years from today.

BOXX if you won’t need it for over 13 months