I want to find out who owns the brands, and buy some shares....
Unless the above was a rhetorical remark...
Mattel owns Barbie.
Web site:
mattel.com
SI Thread for MATTEL (MAT/NYSE)
Their chart:
siliconinvestor.com
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Nintendo (BB:NTDOY) owns Pokemon.
Web site:
pokemon.com
nintendo.com
SI thread:
Subject 8774
Chart:
siliconinvestor.com
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Personally (my opinion only), I would stick to high tech companies, (the blue chip ones). These companies, in spite of their price risk, are the best bets long term.
Nintendo is a Bulletin board Co. (I would not touch those pieces of kk with a 100 foot pole)
In essence bb companies are pipe dreams for the "investors" and bank accounts for the insiders. Only one in a thousand do make the grade.
The risk exposure, far outweighs the possible rewards.
High tech has a much brighter future, unless some wacko-terrorists gets hold of a nuclear devise, technology will take over the world in all fields. Wireless communications, Internet infrastructure, Data storage, Bio-Genetics etc.
Think of all those third world countries with growing populations. --In spite of the tyrants, I believe free markets and "freer" political structures will allow this to take place.
In my opinion, the toy industry is full of competition, both legal and illegal which will make the Mattels and Nintendos shares not as attractive as other shares in companies in the high tech world.
Same goes for the gold and general mining issues.
There are still hard core gold-bugs that refuse to accept what the market is telling them about gold.
Oil however, may be a potential cloud in the otherwise clear horizon. World demand for oil may put some pressure for higher prices in oil, which in turn could give us higher inflation. Still, a potential disagreement amongst the cartel (opec) or other non-opec oil producing nations could break the production quotas and prices could tumble.
I am betting on the side of high tech. (but I repeat, that is only my opinion) |
