Other new features include price alerts you can set, for the spot price ofgold, silver, crude oil, wheat, silver, or cryptocurrencies, plus rate alertsfor when an interest rate or the economic growth rate (GDP) reaches a level you specify. See the Wall Street Raider UPDATESpage for more on the above changes and other new features in the Version 9.75release.Version 9.50, released in January, 2021, added detailed 3-month cash flow projections for corporations and diagnostic warnings for companies you control that are expected toincur a cash flow crunch (no more cash, no more line of credit) in the next 3 months. Among other major improvements, Version 9.0 added 5 new Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), two of which are triple-leveraged (3X) Stock Index funds, one for going "long" on the Stock Index and one for shorting it. The other 3 new ETFs are bond funds: a government bond fund, an investment-grade corporate bond fund, and a corporate "junk bond" fund. The simulation now includes these 5 new ETFs plus the 15 "sector ETFs" that were added to the program way back in 2012. Other features added in v. 9.50 include a very rarely occurring but always devastating "pandemic scenario" and an improvement in the database search module that allows you to search for stocks in a single industry that meet your screening criteria. Bank financing rules have been liberalized, to give companies larger lines of credit -- in short, giving them a better chance to get into deep financial trouble.Recent versions 8.00 and later allow you to invest in convertible bonds or haveyour companies issue convertible bonds, plus introducing other new features suchas being able to manage exchange-traded investment funds (ETFs) like hedge funds,the ability to reset the default currency exchange rates, and a new stock pricealert feature which will alert you when a stock reaches a price you have specified. Mainly, however, the focus in Versions 8.xx was on INCREASED REALISM, especially with regard to trading derivatives (options, futures, and interest rate swaps).Other features added in upgrade releases in recent years have included: Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies, or futures trading on each, as wildlyfluctuating new speculations you can dabble inbuilt-in inflation in "inflation hedges" such as gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereuma new feature that lets you repeal (turn off) antitrust laws, making for amore lawless economic environment, facilitating monopoliesthe ability to set asset allocation percentages for variousasset classes, for any bank you control, which the bank will striveto maintain, except in extreme conditions when doing so would befoolhardyshowing, in the list of all your controlled companies, the capitalspending growth rate and R & D or marketing expense as a percentage ofsales for each, and whether or not the company is on "autopilot"the option to play against MULTIPLE (up to 4) computer playersan automatic "sweep" function you can turn on or off, which will "sweep"any cash in a player's bank account to reduce his/her loan balanceone-year cash flow projections for playersperformance rankings of ETFsplayers or their companies can now list stocks or assets for possible sale to other players or companies (or buy items offered by other players or companies that are "listed" as being for sale)it is possible now to "look under the hood" at corporate data to see which companies have positions in all of the various types of assets or contracts (such as interest rate swaps, futures, options, subsidiary holdings, etc.)ability to put companies you control on "autopilot" (self-managed -- by the program), when your corporate empire grows to include more companies than you can effectively manage yourself, while the "autopiloted" companieswill ask your permission before doing certain major transactions like stockpurchases or issuancesstock index futures tradinginvestment management contracts for financial companies that manage ETF's5-year charts for the stocks of each of the 1590 activated companies in the simulation, and for commodities, interest rates, GDP growth rate, the Stock Index, and the player's net worthinterest rate swaps (derivatives -- "bets" on future interest rates)that you negotiate have been added as another tool for hedging or speculationcommodity futures trading was added on oil, metals and grains, plus hedging of those commodities by companies that use or produce them; plus futures trading on the Stock Index, in addition to buying and storing of physical commodities forplayers and all companies except banks and insurersa player can be awarded executive stock options after becoming CEO of a company, and CEO bonuses are now more closely correlated to company earnings performance; and short-selling of stocks and ETFs and highly realistic put and call options tradingon all publicly traded stocks and ETFs.(Some of the above features are not enabled in the free version.)For update information and a detailed description of new features in recent versions, click here.NEW STOCK TRADING GAME!Traders and speculators, take note: In 2016, we introduced Speculator: The Stock Trading Simulation, a "spin-off" from Wall Street Raider, utilizing the W$R "engine" as the trading background, but where you are not a billionaire who can influence or manipulate stock prices, but merely a small, middle-class investor who starts out with a mere $100,000 inheritance to invest or speculate with. ($21.95 or, for registered purchasers of W$R, $10.95.) For details, CLICK HERE. A major new upgrade, Version 4.0,was released on October 1, 2022.NOTE TO MAC AND iPAD USERS:Click here for information about running Wall Street Raider on a Mac, iPad or iPhone.WALL STREET RAIDER GAME GOALS AND FEATURES:In this highly realistic simulation, 1 to 5 players (including up to 4 computer players, if you choose) compete to amass fortunes by investing in, or taking overand managing, any of up to 1590 companies in 70 industry groups. You start off rich, with up to $1 billion, which is enough to take over one or more decent-sized industrial companies, or to start up your own company in any of 70 industries, and the idea is to get richer. MUCH RICHER! (And richer than any of the other human or computer players you will be competing with.) One of the unexpected by important side effects of playing this simulation, besides the entertainment value, will be a seat-of-the-pants educational experience about how markets, corporate finance, economics, and taxes work, and learning such practical skills as understanding and deciphering balance sheets and earnings reports.(Many long-term players of this game, some of whom began in their early teens, tell usthat they have parlayed what they learned into very lucrative careers in investmentmanagement and corporate finance. See a few examples here).Once you acquire control of a company, you and your company will use all the tricks of the trade of real Wall Street corporateraiders ("Wolves of Wall Street") to expand your empire and net worth, including:trading or investing in stocks and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF's)having a brokerage firm or insurance company you control become an ETF adviser and manager, earning a basic management fee based on assets, and perhaps earning large performance bonuses for superior results, like a hedge fund manager (or being fired as the fund's adviser, for under-performing the market averages!)trading or investing in corporate and government bondsinvesting in or financing your companies with "straight" or convertible bondsgaining voting control of other companies, in order to run them (and try to manipulate their earnings and stock price)industry domination and monopolization, by increasing your company's (or companies') market share in its industryincreasing capital spending to take advantage of lucrative rates of return on capital in your industry, as well as to increase or maintain market share; or decreasingor eliminating such spending to increase cash flow, in order to diversify or pay down debt,or when an industry becomes too competitive and return on invested capital becomes too lowsetting bank lending policies, for any banks you control, such as restricting lending to competitors or ruthlessly calling in the loans of corporate competitors or other playersoptions trading, for speculation or to hedge stock positionsshort selling of stocks, options, and commodity or stock index futuresspeculating in or hedging with commodity futures and stock index futurestrading in physical commodities (oil, gold, silver, wheat, corn) that you buy and store, to wait for a better pricespeculating in ultra-high-risk interest rate swaps, by creating custom-made derivatives contracts (that are bets on the future direction of various interest rates)speculating in Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies, and futures trading on eachhaving banks or insurance companies you control invest (speculate) in high-yield junk bonds or risky "subprime" mortgage securities, or by buying up high-yielding butrisky corporate loansIPOs/startups, to raise capital or to create a new subsidiary to enter a highly profitable industryprivate placement stock offerings to raise "outside" private money or from within your corporate empirecash or stock tender offers for corporate takeovers, or cash tender offers for LBOs"greenmail" stock buybacks to get rid of hostile or unwanted minor shareholders in your companiesstock-for-stock mergers to diversify or to gobble up competitors and increase industry dominanceLBOs (leveraged buy-outs)"white knight" defenses to protect your control of a company by bringing in "neutral" corporate shareholdersbuying up distressed debt (bonds) of companies in financial troublelaunching antitrust lawsuits and other litigation to harass financially vulnerable competitors, or sometimes win large judgments or settlementsmass layoffs and restructuring of companies to increase efficiency and profitabilityspin-offs or liquidations of subsidiaries, tax-free or otherwiseexcessive salaries and lavish executive stock options, provided by a company you control, if you are elected as its CEO, plus possible large performancebonuses for increasing earningsincreasing dividends of companies you own (or cutting their dividends, to conserve cash)firing management, in the hope that new management will be an improvementasset downsizingrecapitalizationstax avoidance strategies to avoid income taxes and various taxes on capitalasset-stripping liquidationsmanipulating earnings by increasing/decreasing spending on R&D or marketing, or by using "hidden" accounting reserves as "slush funds"earning management fees from Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF's), for securities brokers or insurance companies you controlusing any and all methods to get the stock price up, in a company you control,including sometimes engaging in "unethical" (and risky) actions, anddelegating most management decisions in your corporate empire, Warren Buffett-style,by turning on the an "auto-pilot" feature, once you have acquired control of too many companies to effectively micro-manage them all, while still making the major decisions for your companies on choices like which companies they will buy or sell or merge with,or which industries to enter or exit... and much more, all in the quest for the Almighty Dollar. An individual player can engage in risky (but sometimes lucrative) activitiesfor his or her own account, such as short selling of stocks, and players or companies can engage in buying and shorting put and call options and commodity futures oncrude oil, gold, silver, wheat, and corn, or can gamble with massive leverageon interest rate swaps (derivatives contracts). Although the U.S. dollar is the default, players also are able to instantly configure the simulation for any one of 22 other currencies, before starting a new game, starting offwith the equivalent of up to $1 billion in Euros, Pounds, Yen, Canadian orAussie dollars, etc. Use the default currency exchange rate or, in Version 8.0and later, set the exchange rate yourself at the start of a new game.ETHICS? (ON WALL STREET?) No Wall Street-based gamewould be complete without ethical considerations being a major factor. So,of course, you will have ample "ethical choices" thrust upon you from time to time, where you will have to choose between playing ethically,or (possibly) winding up in serious legal or financial trouble if you decide to "Go for the gold," rather than "Do the right thing." Recent versionseven include a "Cheat Menu" that lets you obtain "insider information" onupcoming mergers or major changes in a company's fortunes (good or bad),which you can greatly profit from. Of course, there's always a chance yourinformant may turn into a "stool pigeon" and thus you could be prosecuted andperhaps convicted of illegal "insider trading.... with harsh consequences!"TRADING ENVIRONMENT AND PLATFORM:All your investment research and financial wheeling and dealing occuragainst the backdrop of a constantly shifting economic and political landscape in which you and all the companies and industries in Wall Street Raider must operate and try to cope. The main screen is your Trading Desk, on which you can always see a moving "live" stock ticker tape, a scrolling financial news tape, flickering, constantly updating stock prices on your "streaming quotes" list of up to 15 stocks, as well asfrequently changing spot prices for each of 5 commodities and the (tradeable)Stock Index, plus the current GDP growth rate of the economy and variousinterest rates (long- and short-term government bond yields and the PrimeRate). One section of the Trading Desk also shows your (condensed) personal financial balance sheet, so you can see at a glance your personal net worth and available bank line of credit (if any) fluctuating second by second.DECISION-MAKING:Speedy decision-making is of the essence, and sweaty palms are a certainty, as you try to cope with and anticipate changing market conditions and keep your companies' earnings and stock prices on an upward track -- or at least keep yourself out of the humiliation of bankruptcy and expulsion from the game. You also have to deal with cash flow issues, such as by having yourcompanies raise capital by stock or bond issuances when the time is right,and will need to try to keep powerful competitors from squeezing your company's profitability or seizing control of your company -- unless the price is right, of course!COMPETITION:Opposing players, including the Computer players, can be ruthless, especially if you let yourself or your main companies get in a vulnerable financial condition, where frivolous, harassing lawsuits or freezing your line of credit or calling in your loans can put your companies (or you) out of business or at least be financially crippled. In this simulation,as on Wall Street, "It's all about survival, baby," and only the strongestand smartest survive!DOWNLOAD FREE TRIAL VERSION OR PLACE ORDER: We believe in "try-before-you-buy," so to download a free copy of the "shareware" (evaluation) version of Wall Street Raider (for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10), click here.Or go to our Downloads page to download a shareware copy of Wall Street Raider from any ofdozens of major shareware download sites.To order the registered version of WallStreet Raider, or the Windows Version "Add-on Package," select oneof the ordering links below, for the Windows versions or the "antique" MS-DOS version:SUGGESTION: WHEN ORDERING, YOU DO NOT NEED THE 2-YEAR EXTENDED DOWNLOAD SERVICE OFFEREDBY MYCOMMEREC/SHARE-IT (FOR AN EXTRA FEE). WE WILL REPLACE YOUR COPY OF WALL STREET RAIDER (FREE, AT ANY TIME) IF YOU LOSE IT FOR ANY REASON (DISK CRASH, NEW COMPUTER, ETC.). JUST E-MAIL mdjenk AT aol (DOT com) WITH YOUR NAME OR REGISTRATION NUMBER TO REQUEST A REPLACEMENT COPY.To order, use one of the following links:$24.95 for the Windowsregistered version of W$R, plus the "Customizer Utility" program. The "Customizer" allows you to permanently change the company names or stock symbols for any of the stocks in the simulation.$29.95 for the Windows version,"full package deal" -- Consisting of the Wall Street Raider game software,which includes the "Customizer Utility" program and the extensive (electronic) strategy manual,"Wall Street Raider -- The Book" (NOTE: THERE IS NO PRINT VERSION OF THE MANUAL.)$11.95 for the Add-onPackage Only, which includes the new (electronic, not printed) strategy manual, entitled "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" (an electronic guidebook for playing W$R, in HTML format, plus the Customizer Utility program, that works with the W$R software. (This add-onpackage is for those users who already have a version of the W$R software (either the full registeredversion or the free "sharware" version). YOU DO NOT NEED THE ADD-ON PACKAGE IF YOU PURCHASE THE "FULL PACKAGE" ABOVE, WHICH INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE ADD-ON PACKAGE.$250.00 for a site license and downloadable copy of the "Full Package" version, which includes a site license to distribute up to 200 copies of W$R to students or for other end users. Due to the realism of the simulation, Universities from the University of Mexico in Mexico City to George Brown University in Toronto have found Wall Street Raider to be a useful tool to make students in their business and finance courses more conversant with real world corporatefinance. (For home schoolers or other small groups, email us at mdjenk AT aol (DOT com) for possible reduced price, or in some cases a free site license.)or, for $21.95, try our spin-off from Wall Street Raider -- our stock trading game called "Speculator,"in which you start each game as a middle-class investor with only $100,000 (not a billion), and caninvest in stocks, bonds, convertible bonds, options, and futures, but cannot take over and managecompanies. (Sorry, no way to run a company and manipulate its stock price in this challenging simulation!)CLICK HEREto order Speculator.REGISTRATION BENEFITS INCLUDE REDUCED PRICE FOR ANY FUTURE UPGRADES(for the "Full Package" that will include the latest version of the (electronic) W$R strategy manual and the "Customizer Utility" program). When you order a Windows version of Wall Street Raider, your purchase also includes the right to order future updates/upgrades at a greatly reduced price, $14.95, instead of the regular price of $29.95. UPDATES/UPGRADES AND SUPPORT:See the updates page to see what improvements have been added since the version you currently have, so you can decide if or when to purchase upgrades/updates. To contact Ronin Software for CUSTOMER SUPPORT,click here
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