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- -=- Stock Market -=-
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- An online game where you compete against 24 of your fellow users.
- The object is to become the first investor to increase your net worth to
- $1,000,000 or more.
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- All seats are available on a first come, first serve basis.
- Investors will start with $50,000. You must visit the Stock Market at
- least once every 10 days or your seat will be sold to make room for other
- investors. Any investor that owns no stock and whose cash holdings fall
- below $100 will also have his seat sold.
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- There are 9 options available in the Stock Market. They are:
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- [1] The Big Board
- [2] Your Portfolio
- [3] List of Investors and their Net Worth
- [4] Check a Company and its Stockholder
- [5] Vist your Broker (Buy/Sell Stocks)
- [6] Help and Instructions
- [7] Update Stock Market Prices
- [8] Read Stock Market News
- [X] Exit the Stock Market to The BBS
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- THE BIG BOARD: From here, you can view all the different companies that
- area available. Also listed are the current number of shares available
- and the price per share. These prices may change whenever an update is
- done. Listed at the bottom are the volume traded and the price index.
- The volume traded is the number of shares that have been bought or sold
- today. The price index is the net change of all companies listed for sale.
- Both variables show the current days stats and are reset after midnight.
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- YOUR PORTFOLIO: This is where you may view a breakdown of your
- individual investments. You will see all stocks owned, the number of
- shares owned and the amount of cash you have available. Listed next to
- shares owned is the net change for that company since scheduled upkeep.
- If at any time your cash falls below $-1500 you MUST sell off enough
- assets to satisfy the debt or your seat will be sold when you leave.
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- LIST INVESTORS/NET WORTH: This is a list of ALL investors and their
- current Net Worth. All players are listed in the order in which they
- were admitted to the Stock Market.
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- CHECK A COMPANY/SHAREHOLDER: This option allows you to view each
- individual company and see who has invested in it as well as how many
- shares they own. Listed across the bottom is the net change in price of
- that company's stock.
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- VISIT YOUR BROKER: At this option, you may buy and sell your stocks.
- Please note there is a 5% Brokerage Fee for all transactions. Five
- shares is the minimum amount that may be transfered when buying or selling,
- up to the maxium available. You may only invest in 7 different companies,
- at which time you must sell all of one before you would be able to buy
- another. But you may add to the number of SHARES at any time, regardless of
- how many companies you own.
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- UPDATE STOCK PRICES: You may do only ONE update per call. An update will
- automatically bring the Big Board to current status, adjusting prices
- accordingly. All dividends (if any), will be paid to ALL stockholders of
- that company regardless of who does the update. Any player that leaves
- the Stock Market without doing an update will have it done automatically.
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- STOCK MARKET NEWS: The news option will show you any major events that
- have taken place in the last two days. Any dividends that are paid get
- recorded here, along with any player that lost their seats, and when a new
- game is started.
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- While that covers all the menu options, from time to time you will
- also see various NOTICES. Some are beneficial while others may cost you
- money.
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