Good afternoon fellow hedge fund managers. It is I, Ithica Hawk, here to discuss the stock market through from season start to the end of week 4.
If you don't know about the stock market, check out the official thread here: https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=24799
First off, lets take a look at the opening values for each team:
Hawks $952,390
Yeti $1,168,281
Wraiths $1,197,059
Butchers $646,794
Liberty $1,054,343
Otters $1,123,112
Second Line $931,700
Copperheads $1,051,685
SaberCats $780,249
Outlaws $1,083,256
Hahalua $997,304
Sailfish $1,008,777
With Butchers super low after coming off a subpar season, they were clearly the stock to buy with most people choosing to spend as much of their $10m weekly allowance as they could to max out on Butchers stocks. SaberCats were also popular, most likely due to their similar low value with investors hoping for a series of wins to get good return on their investments.
Not much was put into expensive teams like the Otters but, after a poor season start, investments are starting to trickle in as the Otters price comes down. On that, lets take a look at the prices after week 4 compared to season opener:
Hawks $954,192 (up 0.19%)
Yeti $1,200,861 (up 2.79%)
Wraiths $1,162,881 (down 2.86%)
Butchers $662,687 (up 2.46%)
Liberty $742,670 (down 29.56%)
Otters $1,066,147 (down 5.07%)
Second Line $1,034,009 (up 10.98%)
Copperheads $1,031,691 (down 1.90%)
SaberCats $856,207 (up 9.74%)
Outlaws $1,005,416 (down 7.19%)
Hahalua $973,836 (down 2.35%)
Sailfish $1,304,353 (up 29.30%)
Sailfish are the big winners here up an astonishing 29.30% since season start. That means, a maximum investment of 9 shares ($9,078,993) in Sailfish when the market opened would now be worth $11,739,177 netting a profit of $2,660,184 if sold today. Not a bad return at all for savy investors. The Sailfish are currently the most valuable stock on the market thanks to their 4-0 season start. What is the smart investment move now? Sell and reap the profit or hope that the wins continue and the stock continues to rise? Most people didn't see this coming as currently only 8 shares are owned by investors in Sailfish stock. Next week they face the Butchers at home. A loss to Butchers would see a big hit to the stock value while a win would be a minimal bump. The smart investment advice here would be sell sell sell.
On the other side of the coin, Liberty, who have started 0-4 have lost an equally impressive 29.56% of their initial value. As before, anyone who invested the maximum in Liberty for 9 shares ($9,489,087) would have now lost $2,805,057 as the value of their holdings sunk to just $6,684,030 in four weeks. Luckily that's not many people as only 7 shares of Liberty are currently owned. They are sitting at a low point right now and face Yeti next week. The investment advice here is that a win against Yeti is unlikely and could see the shares drop further, hold off and buy after the week. Alternatively, a more risky strategy would be buy now as a win vs Yeti would see a large immediate return. It depends how much faith you have.
For most, it's the SaberCats who have been the steadiest return. Starting season at $780,249 meant it was possible to get 12 shares which would now have increased by a total of $911,496 in value. There are 83 SaberCats shares currently in circulation.
Second Line have also been a solid earner, increasing in value 10.98% on the season so far for the 13 shars in circulation.
If you don't know about the stock market, check out the official thread here: https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=24799
First off, lets take a look at the opening values for each team:
Hawks $952,390
Yeti $1,168,281
Wraiths $1,197,059
Butchers $646,794
Liberty $1,054,343
Otters $1,123,112
Second Line $931,700
Copperheads $1,051,685
SaberCats $780,249
Outlaws $1,083,256
Hahalua $997,304
Sailfish $1,008,777
With Butchers super low after coming off a subpar season, they were clearly the stock to buy with most people choosing to spend as much of their $10m weekly allowance as they could to max out on Butchers stocks. SaberCats were also popular, most likely due to their similar low value with investors hoping for a series of wins to get good return on their investments.
Not much was put into expensive teams like the Otters but, after a poor season start, investments are starting to trickle in as the Otters price comes down. On that, lets take a look at the prices after week 4 compared to season opener:
Hawks $954,192 (up 0.19%)
Yeti $1,200,861 (up 2.79%)
Wraiths $1,162,881 (down 2.86%)
Butchers $662,687 (up 2.46%)
Liberty $742,670 (down 29.56%)
Otters $1,066,147 (down 5.07%)
Second Line $1,034,009 (up 10.98%)
Copperheads $1,031,691 (down 1.90%)
SaberCats $856,207 (up 9.74%)
Outlaws $1,005,416 (down 7.19%)
Hahalua $973,836 (down 2.35%)
Sailfish $1,304,353 (up 29.30%)
Sailfish are the big winners here up an astonishing 29.30% since season start. That means, a maximum investment of 9 shares ($9,078,993) in Sailfish when the market opened would now be worth $11,739,177 netting a profit of $2,660,184 if sold today. Not a bad return at all for savy investors. The Sailfish are currently the most valuable stock on the market thanks to their 4-0 season start. What is the smart investment move now? Sell and reap the profit or hope that the wins continue and the stock continues to rise? Most people didn't see this coming as currently only 8 shares are owned by investors in Sailfish stock. Next week they face the Butchers at home. A loss to Butchers would see a big hit to the stock value while a win would be a minimal bump. The smart investment advice here would be sell sell sell.
On the other side of the coin, Liberty, who have started 0-4 have lost an equally impressive 29.56% of their initial value. As before, anyone who invested the maximum in Liberty for 9 shares ($9,489,087) would have now lost $2,805,057 as the value of their holdings sunk to just $6,684,030 in four weeks. Luckily that's not many people as only 7 shares of Liberty are currently owned. They are sitting at a low point right now and face Yeti next week. The investment advice here is that a win against Yeti is unlikely and could see the shares drop further, hold off and buy after the week. Alternatively, a more risky strategy would be buy now as a win vs Yeti would see a large immediate return. It depends how much faith you have.
For most, it's the SaberCats who have been the steadiest return. Starting season at $780,249 meant it was possible to get 12 shares which would now have increased by a total of $911,496 in value. There are 83 SaberCats shares currently in circulation.
Second Line have also been a solid earner, increasing in value 10.98% on the season so far for the 13 shars in circulation.
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