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- ***** WELCOME TO MEGAGOPOLY *****
- VERSION 1.1
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- You have just inherited one hundred thousand dollars. Your
- current employment enables you to save $5,000 per year. Your
- challenge is to become financially independent within a
- twenty year period.
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- Each year will offer: three investment opportunities, a
- MEGAGRAM, and a summary of current investments. Decisions to
- buy and sell assets should be based upon economic conditions,
- risk factors and yield characteristics. All accounts are up-
- dated at the time of transaction.
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- Financial independence is measured by the value of net worth.
- Net worth is the difference between assets and liabilities.
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- TO START MEGAGOPOLY
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- At the DOS " A> " type MEGA and press the return or enter
- key. (Note: MEGAGOPOLY requires DOS 2.1 or higher and a
- minimum of 256k bytes of memory.
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- * If you enjoy this program, please send $18.00 *
- * to become a registered user and receive a users' *
- * manual with instructions, strategies and tips *
- * for winning. You will also receive notice of *
- * future product updates and discounts on new *
- * products. Foreign orders, please add $5.00 for *
- * shipping costs. *
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- * Visual Data Communications Corp. *
- * P.O. Box 40956 *
- * Indianapolis, IN 46240 *
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- NOTICE: Users of this program are granted a limited
- license to make copies of this program for trial use by
- others on a private non-commercial basis.
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- Copyright (c) 1986, 1991 Visual Data Communications Corp.
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- NOTE: MEGAGOPOLY can be played at many levels. The users'
- manual provides detailed instructions, investment
- strategies and a glossary of terms.
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- The following excerpt is from section 2.1.1 of the
- manual:
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- 2.1.1 RISK FACTORS
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- Investments can be one of five types: real estate,
- stocks, bonds, oil, or gas. Each investment has
- associated risk factors, which weigh the speculative
- nature of said investment. The following example
- illustrates the relationship of risk factors upon an
- investment opportunity:
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- Ex.1 The risk of this investment can be read as " a
- 30% chance of increasing by 44% and a 10% chance of
- decreasing by 57%".
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- RISK: UP 30 AP 44 DWN 10 DEP 57
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- UP - 30% chance of increasing value
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- DWN - 10% chance of decreasing value
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- Since there is a combined 40% chance of the investment
- changing in value (30%+10%=40%), there also exists a
- 60% chance the value of the investment will remain the
- same (100%-40%=60%).
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- AP - 44% rate of anticipated value appreciation
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- DEP - 57% rate of anticipated value depreciation
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- When a real estate investment with the above risk
- factors appreciates in value, the amount of
- appreciation will be 44% over the term of the loan
- adjusted by the prevailing economic climate. If a
- decrease in value occurs, the amount of depreciation
- will be 57% over the term of the loan adjusted by the
- prevailing economic climate.
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- When oil, gas, or stock investments occur, the risk
- rate of appreciation and depreciation will be based
- over a five year period and adjusted by the prevailing
- economic climate.
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- When investments in bonds occur, the risk rate of
- appreciation and depreciation will be based on the
- current prime rate of interest and adjusted by the
- prevailing economic climate.
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- BE A WINNER AND BECOME A REGISTERED USER TODAY !
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