If you have $5000 (keep in mind that it should be separate money). Means invest those money which you invest and you can wait 3-6 months after investing. You should choose some different coins which can go 3x to 5x. Like I will recommend XRP ETH Link and BNB. Or you may choose some others after some research.
If you have $10,000 or $15,000. You may also invest in many fields like you can buy individual stocks bonds in real estate or even you can start a small business. But please make some research before investing.
Or you should buy Bitcoin because I think this is the right time to buy. Because Bitcoin has many pending ETF approvals and Bitcoin ETF will be approved so you can see a big pump in market so you should invest in some Alts and in Bitcoin too.
DYOR is a must if you are engage in investing cause if you not have enough knowledge then you will easily fall into a trap from scammers cause they will offer you a big amount of profit in just a days which is pretty sure that's not a legitimate cause in investment most of a time in legitimate coins you can not make a huge profit within the days so expecting that those projects who offered you that kind of amount then do not trust it.
As a beginner it's better to invest those top 10 coins in the market and for sure it will give you a good profit someday.