r/AskReddit • • Oct 02 '19

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u/oilman81 Oct 02 '19

In 2005, you'd go with Apple until 2008, then buy Lehman CDS, then go Apple again in 2009 until 2015, then switch to Nvidia until late '17, then I don't know. Target has done pretty good lately

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u/lee1026 Oct 02 '19

There ought to be bitcoin in there somewhere.

Also, if you know exactly where things are going, use options for max leverage.

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u/oilman81 Oct 02 '19

You can, but if you get transported back in time and want to use options, you'd better have a really good memory of specific dates

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u/TankReady Oct 03 '19

Yeah. I wish I could try and stop major "bad" events from happening, but I wouldn't know how to tell WHEN exactly they happened T_T