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Leverage and buy stock. The only thing that stops you from increasing the size of your bet is the risk of the downside. To some point, this is manageable, but a

Leverage and buy stock. The only thing that stops you from increasing the size of your bet is the risk of the downside. To some point, this is manageable, but after that point, it becomes pure insanity. YMMV. Shorting the competitors because you think a company is going to do very well is actually a bad idea -- it's entirely possible that Microsoft would have been able to open another very profitable market.

agbell 16y ago
Buy Out of the money call options. lots of leverage for small premiums.
- Tuna-Fish 16y ago
  They tend to not have that long times until maturity. Going long stock has an unique advantage for an investment strategy -- you do not need to know timing that well.