What are the different kinds of Investment options available ?

Investments are of various types and are in various forms. Not all investments are profitable , a few of them may be and few may not be.
Few investments are based on fixed returns and few are based on market conditions and of whose future cannot be predicted. There should be a balance between suck kinds of investments. Not all of your money should go into one source of investments.

Various kinds of investments -

• Investing in Equity Markets (Stock Markets)
• Investing in Real Estates (Property Markets)
• Investing in GOLD
• Investing in Commodity Markets
• Investing in FOREX
• Investing in Mutual Funds
• Investing in Government Bonds
• Investing in Fixed Deposits
• Investing in FMP's (Fixed Maturity Plan's)
• Life Insurance
• A new version in investing in VRE (Virtual Real Estate)
• Another one is Investing in Art.
  

There should be a complete balance between the investments you choose.
Best investment would be defined as a investment which gives maximum returns over a period of time over other investments.