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Hey OP, sorry to necro, but this spawned a relevant discussion to #1, not necessarily to #2-#39, though:


It's a different premise--unless you are 11--instead of going back 5 years you would go back to when you were 6, which brings up my first question of time travel:

Do you Quantum-Leap yourself or is this more like "Back to the Future?"

If you Quantum-Leap yourself you would only be able to bring your memories. If I go back 5-6 years I could [hopefully] memorize [and remember] those trades I specified in #1, but two things:

Why wait until I am 37 to save the world with $100B?

Originally Posted by redpoint5

While I wouldn't refuse a boatload of cash, I'd rather come by it from producing something of value instead of from everyone else being poorer to make me rich.

I take care of things because I try to be responsible, not because I want money, but you can do good things with money.

There would be a huge difference between going back to 1985 when I was six and to 2016 when I was already technically middle-aged, but the fun part is that the weirdos were going back further:

Originally Posted by GNiko

Does the red pill take me back in time to when I was 6 or just turn me into a 6-year old? I'd make a mint on Microsoft and Apple alone.

Originally Posted by MrKnowItAll1903

Dell computer was the biggest gainer in the 1990-2000 decade.

Originally Posted by abion47

IBM for the 80s, Dell for the 90s, Google/Apple/Amazon for the 00s, Bitcoin/Facebook/TenCent for the 10s. Set for 20 lives.

Originally Posted by DiamondDogLedTasso

Also don't forget about shorting Enron & WorldCom, and shorting the 2008 crash, specifically Lehman Bros

Do you have any idea how much information this is, ignoring what I figured out for the last 5 years?

IBM had a low of $5.13 in 1980 and high of $12.02 in 1986. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/c...-price-history

"Circuit City’s shares, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange, increased more than 8,100% during the 1980s, from an adjusted-for-splits
price of 26 cents a share at the beginning of the decade to $21.75 on Friday." http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...-73-story.html

Dell went from $5.50 in 1990 to $51 in 2000--but stocks split so much that 1 stock became 96: https://www.1stock1.com/1stock1_172.htm

Apple had a low of 20¢ in 2003 and high of $9.92 in 2010. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/c...-price-history

I did the math, but it is meaningless. If you have a billion in Dell stock and you try to sell all of it when it peaks you won't have a billion.

You may not be able to buy a billion of Apple stock, at least not for the same price, and what is the point, anyway?