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WALL STREET RAIDER -- THE BOOK Copyright (C) 2007, Michael D. Jenkins STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR OWNER'S HANDBOOK AND STRATEGY GUIDE For Windows ® 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/VISTA Based Personal Computers (NOTE: Hyper-links to the actual chapters have all been
removed from this sample Table of Contents file, except for a
link to the GLOSSARY, which is also provided as a sample file
on this website. -- Michael Jenkins, author)
Wall Street Raider is published by: Ronin Software TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. GETTING STARTED STEP 1--YOU'VE LAUNCHED W$R -- NOW WHAT? STEP 2--YOUR OPTIONS BEFORE/AFTER STARTING A NEW GAME STEP 3--START A NEW GAME OF W$R STEP 4--RESUME A PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME STEP 5--SAVING A GAME ON DISK STEP 6--COMPLETING A GAME CHAPTER III. FAQ'S (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) A. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE "ACTIVE ENTITY"? B. HOW DO I SELECT AN "ACTIVE ENTITY"? C. HOW LONG DOES MY TURN LAST? D. WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN IN "My Balance Sheet"? E. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE "Industry Group Selected:" ITEM? F. HOW REALISTIC IS WALL STREET RAIDER? G. WHAT IS MEANT BY "CONTROL" OF A COMPANY IN W$R? H. WHAT IS CIRCULAR STOCK OWNERSHIP, AND IS IT PERMITTED? I. WHAT ARE "MARGIN CALLS"? J. WHAT IS A "LINE OF CREDIT"? K. WHAT IS "CHEAT MODE" IN WALL STREET RAIDER? L. HOW DOES TIME PROGRESS IN THIS SIMULATION? M. IS THERE A "BACK DOOR" TO WALL STREET RAIDER? N. HOW DO I EARN A SALARY AND BONUSES IN WALL STREET RAIDER? O. WHAT IS THE "GOODWILL" ITEM ON MY COMPANY'S BALANCE SHEET? P. WHAT IS A "SHORT SALE" OF STOCK? CHAPTER IV. OVERVIEW OF HOW WALL STREET RAIDER WORKS.
A. BASIC STRATEGIES IN WALL STREET RAIDER
(1) Turn Around a Company
(2) Monopolize an Industry
(3) Startups
(4) Tax Strategies
(5) Speculating in Junk Bonds
(6) Gain Control of Key Lenders
(7) Hardball Tactics and Mean Tricks
(8) Earn Executive Compensation As Company CEO.
(9) Incorporate Yourself!
(10) Passive Investing
(11) Options Trading
B. GAINING CONTROL OF COMPANIES
C. INCREASING A COMPANY'S PROFITABILITY
(1) Productivity Spending
(2) Increasing Market Share
(3) Diversification and Restructuring
(4) Refinancing
(5) Changing Management
D. FINANCING
(1) Borrowing
(2) Issuing Corporate Bonds
(3) Stock Offerings
(4) Advances from Players
E. INVESTING
(1) Cash/CD's
(2) Bonds
(3) Stocks
(4) Business Assets
(5) Advances to Subs
(6) Stock Options (Puts and Calls)
F. STOCK AND OPTION PRICES: HOW ARE THEY DETERMINED?
G. TAXES
(1) Individual Taxes
(2) Corporate Taxes
(3) Consolidated Tax Reporting for Corporations
H. CORPORATE EARNINGS AND ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
I. DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
J. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
K. BANKS--HOW THEY WORK
L. INSURANCE COMPANIES--HOW THEY WORK
M. HOLDING/TRADING COMPANIES--HOW THEY WORK
N. STOCK OWNERSHIP
O. LINES OF CREDIT
P. ANTITRUST LAW CONSIDERATIONS
Q. BANKRUPTCY AND MARGIN CALLS
(1) Corporations
(2) Individual Players
CHAPTER V. MAIN MENU (OPERATIONS CENTER) FEATURES
A. IN GENERAL
B. "OPERATIONS" CENTER PULLDOWN MENU ITEMS (MAIN MENU SCREEN)
(1) "FILE" MENU
"New Game" or "Restart" Item
"Open Saved Game" Item
"Save Game" Item
"Save Game As" Item
"Exit" Item
(2) "GAME OPTIONS" MENU
"High Score" Item
"Updates" Item
"W$R Forum" Item
"Order W$R Manual (or View W$R Manual)" Item
"View Printable Manual" Item
"Customizer Utility" Item
"Small Business Advisor" Download Item
(3) "SETTINGS" MENU
"Ticker Speed" Item
"Currency" Item
"Cheat Mode: On (or Off)" Item
"Select Law Firm" Item
"Suppress Popups: On (or Off)" Item
"Suppress Earn Rept.: On (or Off)" Item
"AutoSave is: On (or Off)" Item
"Exercise Options? YES (or NO)" Item
"Stock Chart Size: Small (or Large)" Item
(4) "HELP" MENU
"Contents" Item
"Large Fonts" Item
"Hot Keys (missing?)" Item
"Registration Info" Item
"About" Item
C. "OPERATIONS CENTER" INFORMATION DISPLAYS (MAIN MENU SCREEN)
(1) "ACTIVE ENTITY SELECTED" ITEMS
(2) "INDUSTRY GROUP SELECTED" ITEM
(3) "MY BALANCE SHEET" ITEMS
(4) GAME STATUS INFO ITEMS
(5) ECONOMIC DATA DISPLAY ITEMS
(6) STOCK AND NEWS TICKERS
(7) SEARCH FUNCTION BUTTONS
(8) STREAMING STOCK QUOTES LIST
D. "OPERATIONS CENTER" NON-MENU BUTTONS (MAIN MENU SCREEN)
(1) "GO" BUTTON
(2) "TICKER ON/OFF" (or "START TICKER") BUTTON
(3) "WALL STREET RAIDER LOGO IMAGE"
CHAPTER VI.
BUY/SELL TRANSACTIONS MENU
A. IN GENERAL
B. "BUY/SELL" BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Buy Stock (or Cover Short Position)
(2) Sell Stock (or Sell Stock Short)
(3) Buy Corporate Bonds
(4) Sell Corporate Bonds
(5) Trade Government Bonds
(6) Merger
(7) Greenmail
(8) LBO (Leveraged BuyOut)
(9) Buy Corporate Assets
(10) Sell Corporate Assets
(11) Buy or Sell Bank Loans
(12) Buy Call Options
(13) Sell Call Options
(14) Buy Put Options
(15) Sell Put Options
CHAPTER VII.
FINANCING TRANSACTIONS MENU
A. IN GENERAL
B. "FINANCING" BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Start Up New Corp
(2) Capital Contribution
(3) Public Stock Offering
(4) Private Stock Offering
(5) Issue Bonds
(6) Buy Back or Call Bonds
(7) Extraordinary Dividend
(8) Tax-Free Liquidation
(9) Taxable Liquidation
(10) Spin-Off Subsidiary
CHAPTER VIII.
MANAGEMENT TRANSACTIONS MENU
A. IN GENERAL
B. "MANAGEMENT" BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Elect CEO
(2) Resign as CEO
(3) Change Managers
(4) Set Dividend Payout%
(5) Set Productivity Spending
(6) Set Growth Rate
(7) Restructure
(8) Antitrust Suit
CHAPTER IX.
OTHER TRANSACTIONS MENU
A. IN GENERAL
B. "OTHER TRANS." BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Harassing Lawsuit
(2) Spread Rumors
(3) Change Bank
(4) Call in Bank Loan
(5) Freeze Loans
(6) Buy or Sell Bank Loans
CHAPTER X.
RESEARCH MENUS AND FUNCTIONS
A. IN GENERAL
B. "SELECT PLAYER" BUTTON
C. "SELECT CORP." BUTTON
D. "ENTITY INFO" BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Changing the Active Entity
(2) Research Report
(3) Financial Profile
(4) Earnings Report
(5) List Shareholders
(6) List Portfolio
(7) Diagram of Holdings
(8) Credit Info
(9) Industry Summary
(10) Industry Projection
(11) List Bank Loans
(12) Tax Basis Info
(13) List Advances to Corps.
(14) List Options
(15) My Corps.
E. "GENERAL" (RESEARCH) BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Database Search
(2) Industrial Growth Rates
(3) Industry Projection
(4) Industry Summary
(5) Economic Statistics
(6) Interest Rates
(7) View News
(8) Who's Ahead
CHAPTER XI.
OTHER MENU FUNCTIONS
A. IN GENERAL
B. "END TURN" BUTTON
C. "MISC" BUTTON AND SUBMENU
(1) Borrow Money
(2) Repay Loan
(3) Stock Split
(4) Reverse Split
(5) Name Change
(6) Advance to Corp.
(7) Recall Advance
D. "STOCK CHART" BUTTON
APPENDICES:
APPENDIX A--INSTALLATION OF PROGRAM
APPENDIX B--COMPANY NAMES, STOCK SYMBOLS
APPENDIX C--HOW CREDIT RATINGS AND LOAN
RATES ARE DETERMINED
APPENDIX D--INDUSTRY INFORMATION
(1) LIST OF INDUSTRIES WITH TYPICAL
GROWTH RATES AND VOLATILITY LEVEL
(2) FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND GROWTH IN
EACH NON-FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
APPENDIX E--STRATEGY AND TACTICS
GLOSSARY: TERMS USED IN WALL $TREET RAIDER INDEX |
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