Real Super Powers

Let's say you have the super power (or technological capability) to travel through time. How would you use it? Some might prefer to go back and kill Hitler, save Lincoln and JFK, and meet Jesus. But what if your goals were purely financial? How would you use time travel to get rich?

Going Back One Day Only

You take a vacation for one day, buying things with only cash. The next day you come back and live your life normally, with a few minor adjustments. You study the stock market to find out which stocks shifted the most in the past 24 hours, and study sporting events to find out who won yesterday's games. Then you go back in time one day and shift all your savings and stocks into the winners (both stocks and teams) you studied up on. Bam -- instant wealth.

Going Back One Week

Take a week-long vacation, bringing cash. Do the same thing as before, except find the major stock fluxes from Monday through Friday, and find out which sports winners had the highest odds to begin with. Then go back one week and pour all your money into the places you now know will count.

Going Back One Year

Make a report of all your studies and hand it to your previous self. Then grin as you vanish.

Going Back 10 Years

Tell your previous self how to avoid the Dot Com Crash and what companies to invest in.

Going Back 100 Years

Start a new life in 1907 and set up shop with advanced future technology. Stock market prices will likely become unreliable in the event of your changing the entire world market with ideas from another century, so don't worry about remembering who will be hot and who won't be. Future tech will set you up nicely, as it might have Tesla. Sure, you'll cause widespread and dramatic ripples through time, but you'll end up becoming the world's first Trillionaire. Be sure and introduce your great-grandparents to each other.