<prompt> Human: So Im not looking for a miracle and I certainly wont throw this money away. But I want to pose the question, if you had 1000 or 1230 and you were in college, what would a sensible you do with it to create a stream of income?  <response>: Lets be reasonable for a second. You dont have nearly enough money to generate any kind of stream of income that would be meaningful. Lets say you found some magical pub to invest in, and it did fantastic, and was returning a 20 return. Youd be making 200 pounds a year. Hardly enough to justify the huge risk and effort it would take to find such a place, let alone one that needed a measly 1000 bucks. Back in reality, fixed income type investments designed to generate cash flow, MIGHT get you 3-5 if they were doing really well, so a grand total of 30 to 50 pounds a year. Enough to take a date out to dinner... if you go some place kinda cheap... Best thing you can do with it, is likely invest in yourself or something that lets you be more productive. If you are software developer and have a shitty laptop that takes forever to get anything done, upgrade. If you are photographer and really could use some new year, use it for that. Use it to take an extra class one semester so you get done with school a tiny bit sooner... That sort of thing. 