With the economy as it is and many people’s economic status uncertain, those with a little bit put aside are looking for an alternative investment opportunity and want to put in place a high yield investment for the future. I am meaning high yield investments to include both legitimate home based businesses as well as the well known scams of high yield investment programs, or HYIP.There are really two ways to approach this and it really depends on what sort of a risk you are willing to take. So whatever you decide on to make a difference to your financial future, it will contain an element of risk, whether that is high risk or low risk.What it really comes down to is whether you choose to be in control of what you decide on for your financial future. Investing in a business is more likely to provide you with a long-term income solution. Once you have made an investment in an online business, the success that you experience is entirely down to your own motivation and hard work.With high yield bonds or funds, you are making an investment on a company that does not have a strong financial foundation. That is why they are offering the bonds or funds in the first place.Your investment is not in your hands and will depend entirely on what the markets are doing or what your broker decides to do with them and when. Starting a business online on the other hand can give you control over both your financial future and your work life balance.What sort of risk is involved with an online business opportunity? Well this kind of investment is different because the risk is entirely down to how you approach this. The internet is a powerful tool and in the information age that we all now live in, is able to offer a potential source of income. So the risk really is only based on your commitment to put some initial work in.So if you were to choose to investigate this further, you would discover that it is really quite possible to set up a highly automated internet system. This type of system is a business and has to be treated like one so expect to have to do some work to get it established. However, the internet is also very fast when it comes to setting up a fully functioning business online and takes a relatively short amount of time to do.So it would seem that there are high yield investments using the internet. Investing in an online business could provide a high return investment over bonds and you would be building a long-term income for the future. Whereas trading in stocks is potentially riskier but could give you a windfall in a shorter space of time.