<prompt> Human: I just turned twenty today and Im sat here wondering why I havent come to this reddit for advice. I am mildly proud of myself for working and saving up this money over the past year and reaching my goal of having 10k to my name when I was 19. So I set a new one. I want to not only double the amount, but also have it be accumulating over time without necessarily doing any work. Essentially having my money make more money off of itself. This is why I have come here. Ive tried googling ways to go about doing this but honestly, I am too busy with work and studies to be sitting at my computer until 5 am sifting through pretentious articles, biased opinions, and misleading titles and answers on where I should put my moneyinvest. I need straight forward options that I can look into. Then weigh and contrast these options and from there, make a decision that would best suit me. I have to say I am uneducated when it comes to the world of investments and banking. I am somewhat familiar with CDs, money market accounts and mutual funds shout out to Dave Ramseys personal finance course but even with these Im extremely apprehensive and wouldnt even know where to begin going about getting one. Simply put; aka TL:DR is there a way to make money off of the money I already have. And if so, what is the best way to do this? Thus, I come to you personalfinance for keen advice and educated answers hopefully accessorized with humor and sarcasm! Im sure you will not disappoint! Thank you.Edit: I am fully aware that I will not get a 100 return on this within a years time, or in a lifetime for that matter. I said this with the assumption that you all would take into account that I will continue working and save for the next year, while ALSO putting some into investments. And I already have an emergency fund set-up. Checked that off my list about 3 years ago.  <response>: I hate to burst your bubble, but doubling your money in the next year without much work is not feasible. If you really want to double it in such a short amount of time, taking it down to your local casino and putting it all on black is your best option and I hope I dont have to tell you how stupid that would be.The stock market averages 7 returns per year. That said, you need an emergency fund before you should even think about long-term investing.Revise your expectations and you should be just fine. Saving that much already is a great accomplishment. Keep it up. 