That also means I'm currently at a loss as to what to do in our Vgchartz ladder game. Btw when does the ladder month end? Or are you going to run it for 2 months?

Ladder or real investments? What are you investing in, maybe Ail could give you some advice!

So true, you need to count commission twice in trading! 1% is a good compromise then, hey? Sadly, I am charged 20$ per transaction so my trade commission is actually 40$ total... >:E

@spurge Hey man, chill. Apart from what Ail said, the trends were similar in DS Y1, released Fall 2004. Look at the trend, it only starts ramping up in Fall 2005. That was once:

1) DS had already a full year in market (we're not there yet with 3DS), and the Wii was 1 year from launch (well, we're there about now).

2) The Nikkei had started going up in Mid 2003, stayed flat and spiked up again in Mid 2005. This must have kick-started Nintendo's stock.

Then, NTDOY's curve started really ramping up mid-2006 onward. This is mostly due to explosive DS sales, and maintained and spiked later in 2007 thanks to Wii boom.

Bottom line:

Hang in there, we're not in the roller coaster just yet. It's coming soon if 3DS can pull off explosive SW sales like the DS could (hopefully 2D mario 3DS), and WiiU can also pull off a Wii Sports-like appeal (maybe half of it is my prediction). All in all the curves should be good.

Expect high competition from mobile/social/tablets against Nintendo's bread and butter casual offerings though (Nintendogs, Brain Age). Time will tell, but I expect very subdued 3DS SW sales as compared to DS, and about half the performance of Wii Sports SW for WiiU's interactive experiences.

It should go up, but not right now. Once WiiU launches it will certainly go up due to WiiU's interactive appeal.

Yea apple is definatly in a bubble right now, the fundamentles of the company (even being the best in the world) cant justifiy the price.  I would use any product news announcements to sell out shares.  The first real test will come on Wednesday with the Ipad 3 on display, the stock will initally go up, but then have a reversal.  I would allocate out of apple and into microsoft.  windows 8 cycle, new windows server 8, arm based tablets, continued xbox strength, the stock will continue to go up this year.

Im waiting for a further pullback in Sony to start a new position in it, the stock has been up I want to say 15 out of the 20 trading days this month, truly insane, but the move from 16 to 22 was kinda fast, down 3% today maybe once it hits the mid 19~ ill use my tax return to start a position.  Unlike all the non financial people here on this site, Sony prospects for Q1 12 and the rest of the year is positive.  Adele continuing to have strong album sales in the US (and a new album coming out), two blockbuster movies on tap this year (men in black 3 and spiderman reboot), higher preiums for their insurance unit due to the earthquake, possibity of another flooding indicient in thailand and earthquake in japan are extremely remote, the challenges are its TV business and how it will intergrate its Sony phone line.  Hiari indicated that the TV business will be focus one.  The Vita honestly does not matter, its a small margin item and it will add to overall revenue but in terms of breaking the company, its laughable. 

I still have my sprint position, trading at 2.50, I still believe that a merger is in its future, but at the rate its burning cash, going to the market for more, still owes apple 15.5 billion and all the clearwire obligations, the company going to go into chapter 11 and restructuring and selling assets might be its only option.

Ohh I hate being right, definately a key reversal today.