Recent content by GlobalFinancier

Lotsa pampered brats here.

Consoles in China are selling for 2000 yuan and people are buying them like a frenzy. I live in the Orient btw, lots of people have mobile phones(a third of the population in Shanghai in fact, or 5 million people or so) that cost over 1000 yuan, many families have computers costing 5000 yuan...

100 million includes 50 million for China and 50 million for the rest of the world :D. Though it may be spread out over a few years. I heard Wiis take $158 to make though hmmm

And no, I don't understand video games :). Just heard some numbers from my avid gamer friends. Please continue, this is quite enlightening for me (no sarcasm intended.)

Isn't this supposed to be very hot all around the world? Half a million in the US and people are crowding to get them. Suppose consoles are sold at a loss. The controllers supposedly cost $50 and are made for $15. 4 controllers for each console.

Nope, but my friend's mommy's mommy's is going to buy one LOL! Yup, that old! Anyways, if we suppose Nintendo sells 100 million Wiis, then it'll make about $13 billion after tax. $33 billion market cap according to Morningstar...

Nintendo is going to soar.Period.

Boy was I wrong about oil or what. Exited oil, lost 10+%. Still alive, not Amaranth :).

Keep strongly bullish.

Look like shorts, especially GS, bearish on US equities.

President Bush signed into law on Oct 17 a second bill that was ignored because of the more-publicized detainee bill. This one was more important though, because it allows him to call a state of emergency which lets him call up the national guard and instate martial law without the agreement of...

90,000 JPY? I don't think Buffett's successors are that good at allocating capital