In this highly realistic simulation, 1 to 5 players (including the computer) compete to amass fortunes, investing in, or taking over and managing, any of up to 1590 companies in 70 industry groups. Once in control of a company, you'll use all the tricks of the trade of real Wall Street corporate raiders to expand your empire and net worth, including hostile takeovers, greenmail, LBOs, IPOs, junk bond financing, mergers, restructurings, dominating your industry, antitrust and other lawsuits to harass competitors, or dealing in put and call options and commodities. All in the quest for the Almighty Dollar (or Yen, Pound, Euro, or other currency you configure it for). All your investment research and financial wheeling and dealing occur against the backdrop of a nonstop 'live' stock ticker tape, scrolling financial news tape, and a constantly shifting economic and political environment in which all the companies and industries in Wall Street Raider must operate and try to cope. Speedy decision-making is of the essence, and sweaty palms are a certainty, as you try to cope and keep your company's earnings on an upward track -- or at least keep yourself out of Bankruptcy Court! .... Reviews: In a front page article (6/22/2000) Investor's Business Daily called it an '...imaginative, stimulating...' simulation. A leading computer columnist wrote of it, 'You can really learn something about stocks, mergers, takeovers and the general world of finance, and have a whacking good time in the bargain.'
What is new in this release:
Version 8.72 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What is new in version 8.02:
New features include convertible bonds you can invest in or your companies can issue at reduced interest rates; stock price alerts you can set, to be notified when any stock reaches the price you set; and numerous other changes have made WSR much more realistic and challenging.
What is new in version 7.81:
Version 7.81 new features include 'sweep' setting to automatically sweep cash balances to pay down bank loan; 1-year cash flow projections for players; ETF summary listing now ranks ETF's by last 12 months' performance; calculations and displays now able to handle large net worth values up to the quintillions.
What is new in version 7.80:
Version 7.80 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What is new in version 7.70:
Version 7.70 now provides multiple computer players to compete against, ability to set 'autopilot' for individual companies, profit projections on all interest rate swaps positions, larger contract sizes on swaps, antitrust warnings before government sues your company, advice on pricing 'tender offers'
What is new in version 7.60:
Upgrade, now with high-yield subprime mortgages as investments for banks and insurers (plus subprime crises), and with refinements to 'autopilot' setting, so companies ask player's permission before engaging in major transactions like buying or selling stocks of other companies.
What is new in version 7.52:
Upgrade, with more realistic tax provisions for companies; refinements to 'autopilot' setting, so companies ask player's permission before engaging in major transactions like buying or selling stocks of other companies.
Limitations:
Limited gameplay
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