Grandparents just gave me 25 grand from a stock they had me invest in years ago

stocks and bonds you plebs

I mean maybe Bitcoin... Those other two are altcoins and are probably a lot more volatile. Slow steady gains are fine for me. Then there's the issue of cashing out which apparently is pretty tough to do.

This sounds like a pretty good idea actually.

50% crypto (btc 25% 10% LTC 10% ETH, 5% as you wish)
50% precious metals 25% gold 10% silver 10% miner etf 5% platinum or rhodium

unironically crypto. 25k is not that much money, upside is still huge. just dont invest in fucking shitcoins. stay in btc / xmr / eth / zec

Dash, QTUM, Zcash are good choices for coins. You can buy 42 coin and Emercoin if you feel like taking a bigger risk. Stay away from Etherium, Vitalik has openly supported child pornography.
breitbart.com/tech/2017/11/14/ethereum-cryptocurrency-creator-defends-possession-of-child-porn-claims-it-can-have-social-benefits/

Caterpillar, Northrop Grumman, Boeing... Choose construction and military companies for stocks for at least the next year.

Index fund, diversified among America, euro, China and Canada.

Safest. Don't listen to the shills pushing risky shitcoins. If you want high risk go for it.

Dude, its a solid strategy to invest in companies that the current president of the USA has either ties to or has mentioned. Construction and military companies would be a good choice now. Imagine if you had invested in Exon during the Bush administration or any of the companies bailed out during the Obama administration that heavily donated to his campaign.
Investing in the index is a limp wrist-ed strategy.

>altcoins
Bitcoin is not better than ethereum just because it is worth more. Ethereum will rise to over 1k in a few months.

>issue of cashing out
So you fell for that meme, its pretty easy to cash out, just pay your taxes god damnit. If you dont follow crypto currencies regularly then i would suggest you to stay away from it. You will just lose if you dont do Research on your own and look at the charts regularly.

Don't listen to random people here where to invest.

Dude its your life savings, fuck the altcoiners, Bitcoin is going to 40000 next year about 90% chance just stand back and wait for your 100k man HODL

Unless you got insider information your stock picks are as good as guesswork. If you aren't an experienced fund manager stick to index funds. America and the world is doing very well right now so riding the tide is a good idea if you don't know what to do.

Index funds outperform managed portfolios 85% of the time.