<prompt> Human: Title says it all, I ask this question because my brother in law inherited 300,000 and I am curious to see how other people would chose to finance and grow that money.  <response>: Fund retirement and other savings. Put the rest into a taxable investment account.Id personally throw 23 of it into equity and basically pretend I never received it until I retire or want to pay for my kids schooling or something. The rest, Id dump into a high yield bond fund for a house downpayment in 5-8 years. 