i think this is the right forum for this.. it took me a while, but i have a few good places to park my cash. these three worked for me: 1. http://www.yellowstones.net/home (best, easy) 2. foreign currency exchange (a lot of URLs, learning curve) 3. sitting on egold http://www.egold.com easy, but low return compared to #1 and #2 there is only one i tried that didn't work out too well, it was very very long term, it's called "Prosper" and it is people-to-people lending. i was hoping we could all share what has and has not worked...