Sold my dipshit company for $5m, where to invest?

ofc you need to be able to muster the challenges that will come with it but the return is one that you can't match

investment in agriculture is really one to consider in countries such as ethiopia with huge arable land available to investors with fees that are practically negligible and you get a whole lot of incentives including 5 year tax break please look around just as the chineses, indians and arabs are doing and cash home instead of continuing the same simple minded real estate, start up, yadayada rubbish, which is as you really know either exhausted or close to fold

good luck

3. This is not a risk free strategy. Interest rate risk is your biggest problem here. Although the Ladder will work in the current environment (interest rate anticipation), their is a good risk of higher inflation that could happen rather quickly. You will be screwed if your in fixed payment securities. The Bullet may be a better strategy here.

To the OP. I would never listen to investment advice on the internet. Finance is complicated and easy to mess up. That said, I would invest in some options in your position, if you choose to play the markets. Don't do this unless you know what your doing however. Also be careful with financial advisors. Some, but not all are the chiropractors of the finance world. The CFA designation is viable here.

You will probably be able to find better returns outside of financial markets, but it all depends.

Since Africa is having a meltdown and the Iran just took some war ships through the Suez, I would say military companies would be a good investment right now. Also, I would look to companies that help Americans forget their troubles such as entertainment, food etc.

There is a really cool Vodka company in Alaska, Alaska Distillery, that might interest you. They have a cool product and want to expand internationally. They make Salmon Vodka which is a niche product. There are three partners and maybe you can buy one out.. (I don't have any ownership in this company) They have amazing sales that are strong and steady and they have a great leader running the company.

You don't have to buy stocks on the stock market, you can find a stable smaller company with good growth and invest money in it without too much risk and get a nice income in return.