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02
May

Fake Worlds, Real Money: Missed the Bus Edition

By Mark Hill 0 Comments
Categories: Editorials, Fake Worlds, Real Money, Games and News
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TTWO last 6 months

My big expectation didn’t really come into fruition this week. I was hoping Take-Two (TTWO) would Take-Off, but it stayed just about the same, and actually lost money on a few days this week. I think the market already accounted for the GTA cash cow when the stock jumped almost $10 back in February, when I assume the launch day was announced.

Good news, though, Sony (SNE), won’t stop gaining. The PSP is rolling, and the PS3 gathers more momentum every day. Microsoft has been down overall, much of that having to do with uncertainty over the Yahoo acquisition, but when that digital dust cloud has settled, it’ll bounce back.

One more quick surprise, Atari (ATAR) shot up about 12 cents on Thursday, probably because of the news that Infrogrames is going to acquire the rest of the stock it doesn’t own. Atari’s future looks good. See ya next week!

05
Apr

fake worlds, real money: pretty good start to the quarter edition

By Mark Hill 1 Comment
Categories: Fake Worlds, Real Money, Games and News
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 I know it's stupid. But it's kinda funny.

This was a fairly good week over all, one that saw some lows, but also contained the best single day I’ve had yet (on Tuesday I made $16), punctuated with a minor ($.95) gaining Friday.

Looking back:

I’m proud of my stocks, every one of them managed to finish n the plus side of things this week. Activision (ATVI) was very busy, peaking (like all of my stocks) on Tuesday at just over $27.50, but took a bit of a dive on Friday and finished the week only 5 cents higher than it started (hey, profit is profit). Take-Two (TTWO) climbed a steep mountain that reached $26 at the end of Tuesday, but fell like a dying giraffe through the next two days. It did a little redeeming on Friday and finished about 20 cents in the plus for the week.

Microsoft (MSFT) had a great week by going up an entire dollar on Tuesday, and stayed there pretty steadily throughout. Sony (SNE) was the week’s biggest success gaining almost 2 bucks. This may have had to do with the reports of very strong PSP sales in Japan.

Looking forward:

I like how the new quarter is starting, and I hope the trend continues. The PSP has been picking up a lot of steam (finally!) in Japan and the U.S., and analysts are optimistic about the gaming industry for the rest of the year.

Also, I’ve been thinking about buying stock in one of the companies that are a little down on their luck right now, like Midway (MWY), or Atari (ATAR). They have nowhere to go but up!

Hit the jump for the final breakdown. Continue reading ‘fake worlds, real money: pretty good start to the quarter edition’

28
Mar

fake worlds, real money: first friday edition

By Mark Hill 0 Comments
Categories: Fake Worlds, Real Money, Games and News
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CONSUME!!!!!
I’m turning my stock news into a weekly feature, and hopefully post on the weekly activities of my video game stocks. If I don’t post on Friday, you can assume that I’ve lost everything and jumped out of my 32nd floor window…or that I have too much homework.

Looking back:

Let me start the first week by saying that I’m glad it’s over. Other than Tuesday, I was down every day this week. Luckily, the losses were never that great, and today’s loss $2.45 was actually the biggest of the week. Retail was down across the board, so none of this is a big surprise. Interestingly, the big boys, Microsoft and Sony, were both down on the week, and the publishers, Activision and Take-Two, both ended up.

Looking forward:

Not only does today mark the end of this week, it marks the end of this abysmal quarter. An analyst on CNBC just said this was one of the weakest quarters he’s ever seen, so I’m actually glad I bought in when I did. I feel that the market is going to slowly crawl its way back up for the rest of the year, beginning in May when the government starts sending out free money. A lot of that cash is going to be spent on games, especially the PS3. Things are looking up.

Here’s how it ended. The share numbers are how many shares I own, and the dollar amounts are how much money I have invested in them. Green means they finished the week up (yay!), and red means they finished down (boo!).

Sony (SNE) 5 Shares $203.20: Started the week at $41.50, ended at $40.53.

Microsoft (MSFT) 5 Shares $139.55: Started the week at $29.26, ended at $27.83

Activision (ATVI) 5 Sares $136.45: Started the week at $26.85, ended $27.30

Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) 5 shares $126.65: Started the week at $24.49, ended at $25.31

19
Mar

you win some, you lose some

By Mark Hill 0 Comments
Categories: Fake Worlds, Real Money and News
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Not sure what this means, I didn't make it
Thanks to some very shrewd trading on my behalf, yesterday was a great day for my stocks. Both Take-Two and Sony were up, and the night before I bought five shares of Microsoft, which seemed to be in the low point of a trough on the charts. It ended it going up yesterday, too, and ultimately I made my first double-digit gain ever, pulling in almost $12 at the closing bell. And then came today.

Red arrows pointing down are all that I woke up to. My three stocks, as well as a handful that I’m watching but don’t own, including Gamestop, Activision, and Apple, were all way down. Yesterday the Fed cut the interest rate, which caused the small spike, but today everyone must have forgotten all about it. I’m only $9.95 down at the closing bell today, so it didn’t completely wipe out yesterday’s goodness, but there sure as hell aren’t any steak dinners in my near future.

17
Mar

a very red st. patrick’s day

By Mark Hill 2 Comments
Categories: Fake Worlds, Real Money, Games and News
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SNE last five days

Closing Bell Update: Even in the last 45 minutes of the trading day, my stocks went from $6.15 down, to only $4.10 down, and then at the very end back to $6.10 in the red. I’m staying positive, though, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Well, maybe a half-marathon.


The week is not starting off on a positive note. Right now I’m down $6.15 with about 45 minutes left of the trading day. Above is the Sony stock for the last five days. I’m sticking with it, though, at least through the Metal Gear Solid 4 release when I think there will be a spike in PS3 sales.

Take-Two isn’t looking much better, right now down 35 cents a share. I plan on hanging on to that until GTA IV comes out in April. After that, though, TTWO doesn’t have anything good coming out for a long time, so I’ll probably try to unload when I feel that it has peaked.

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