To Anyone or Everyone!! I looked up a little info on 3 of the stocks from the previous post #38675
Would love to have your comments on these "Entertainment" stocks......looks like timing should be right if we are not late..........6 months to Christmas.
Just another area of TECH to consider.
Are we guilty of having blinders on???......I think I have been!
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THQI Inc. (THQ) IBD rating 96-A
THQ Inc. develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software for various hardware platforms in the home video game market. The company publishes titles like Sony's PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Nintendo Game Boy as well as personal computers in most interactive software genres including action, adventure, fighting, driving, puzzle, strategy, role playing, simulation and sports. THQ's games are developed both internally and under contract with independent developers and are generally based on properties licensed from third parties. The company's principal customers include Toys "R" Us, Wal- Mart, Kay Bee Toys and Target. In '00, THQ expanded its direct-to- retail operations to include France and Australia.
Closed Friday 56.55 -.45
Up 75% in the last 100 days!!
Dig this chart.......!!! Duh! Not a lot of volume, see below (???)
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% LT Debt to Total Cap 0%
Owned by Institutions 87%
Market Capitalization 1.3 Bil
Avg Dly Vol (30 days) 616,555
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MIDWAY (Mwy)IBD rating 80-B
Midway Games Inc. designs, publishes and markets interactive entertainment software played in both coin-operated and home video game markets. Some of the company's games include Mortal Kombat, NFL Blitz, Hydro Thunder, Pacman, Space Invaders and Defender. Through its subsidiary, Midway Games West, the company released games such as Area 51, Gauntlet, Centipede and Pong. Midway's games are available for play in arcades and other establishments such as restaurants and movie theatres and on dedicated home video game platforms, including those of Nintendo, Sony and Sega. Midway's coin-operated games are sold through over 100 independent distributors. The home video games are sold through internal sales staff and independent sales representatives to about 14,000 stores.
Close Friday 16 -.05
Up 100% in last 100 days
Gap in chart around 10
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% LT Debt to Total Cap 0%
Owned by Institutions 46.3%
Market Capitalization 698 Mil
Avg Dly Vol (30 days) 862,606
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Activision, Inc. (ATVI) IBD rating 98-A
Activision, Inc. develops, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment software. The company's products include action, adventure, extreme sports, strategy, and simulation games such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Big Game Hunter, Spiderman, X-Men, Blade, and Tony Hawk Pro Skater. In addition to developing its own software titles, the company publishes and distributes software products for other independent developers and publishers such as id Software, Sony, Sega, Nihilistic Software, and Heuristic Park. It has strategic distributor relationships with LucasArts (StarWars), Viacom (Star Trek), and Disney (for certain animated film properties). In 1999 Activision acquired Expert Software, Inc., Elsinore Multimedia, Inc., and JCM Productions, Inc.
Closed Friday 36.40 -1.00
Up 60% in last 100 days
Nice Chart
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% LT Debt to Total Cap 31%
Owned by Institutions 90.7%
Market Capitalization 1 Bil
Avg Dly Vol (30 days) 1,251,869
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