If you look back to the questions you asked a few years ago about playing the stock market for a few hundred dollars, you can still buy a few shares of $30 – $50 stocks, and they may appreciate and may turn a profit.
You have to do your research to pick good stocks.
The big problem is ” assets that turn a profit.” A profit is merely a positive return, so if you earn an above average return on a total investment of $1,000, your annual return will be about $50 total.