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Darthclimo May 28, 2023 @ 6:28am
Stock Market
The in-game explanation about the stock market is actually lazy and pathetic. Let's say I'm about to embark on a construction spurt, do I invest in the 'Construction' category because I'll raise the value of the 'Construction' stock? What about 'Raw Materials' and 'Industry'? Does my in-game behavior have an effect on the prices? Can I game the market by pre-emptively purchasing stocks before I engage corresponding actions within the game? Or do prices raise and fall arbitrarily? It's unacceptable I don't have access to this information.
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tommytza May 28, 2023 @ 8:02am 
I never understand the mechanics of this neither in RE1...
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coenvijge May 28, 2023 @ 8:25am 
I tried to make some money in the last game. Don't know why, but I only lost money. For the moment no stock market for me.
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SheaDy May 28, 2023 @ 8:43am 
The construction market seems to always be very volatile, but good money can be made from it if you buy low. The other markets seem far more stable. None of this really matters very much though the loner a game goes one. The stock market gets dwarfed by your companies share price.
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Darthclimo May 28, 2023 @ 9:24am 
Originally posted by SheaDy:
The construction market seems to always be very volatile, but good money can be made from it if you buy low. The other markets seem far more stable. None of this really matters very much though the loner a game goes one. The stock market gets dwarfed by your companies share price.
Do you understand the mechanics? Is it totally arbitrary? I want to know why or when to invest. I want there to be factors as to why I would or would not invest in say Industry or Construction? What are the drivers for the fluctuations in the markets? Does it react to player decisions in-game? For example, if I invest in a ton of industry, will that have an effect on the Industry stock market price? Otherwise I'm just buying A, B, C, or D, which seems totally boring and nonsensical.
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Abscondrel Jul 4, 2023 @ 9:17am 
i want to know about this. and dividends. are we getting dividends? does stock ownership increase income? where is the large stock value graph with real numbers over a long time?
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magisthan Jul 4, 2023 @ 10:06am 
I started the game and invested 500k in transport. At the beginning the stock market in 0, so I thought it would be a good deal. At day 4 the values changes but I got a loss, so I hold on for some time and after after a week or so I got some revenue, simply because I build tracks and stuff. But I don´t get the point behind that idea of a stock market.
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w.f.schepel Jul 4, 2023 @ 11:58am 
The stock market is basically following the actions of all players in game, however, it does so as a trend. It fluctuates up and down, seemingly randomly. Whatever it does, though, it is utterly and totally irrelevant. I really miss the options of RRT 3. Especially the insider trading options were a guilty pleasure. :-)
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jhughes Jul 5, 2023 @ 5:55am 
The only thing I use the stockmarket for is selling anything I inherit for cash :)
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Team Triss Dec 17, 2023 @ 12:39pm 
The Stock Market is useless. You will lose anytime you buy/sell of any relevant volume, and the volumes you can buy/sell without immediately spiking or tanking the price will only net you a few thousand in profit, IF that.

Absolutely useless.
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P.J Apr 24, 2024 @ 7:59pm 
Originally posted by w.f.schepel:
The stock market is basically following the actions of all players in game, however, it does so as a trend. It fluctuates up and down, seemingly randomly. Whatever it does, though, it is utterly and totally irrelevant. I really miss the options of RRT 3. Especially the insider trading options were a guilty pleasure. :-)

And in RRT3, you could just buy industries and stocks at start, lay no tracks nor train and if you bought at the right place, you started making money because of the flow the goods were going early game. That was cool!
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PIT_DEFENDER Jun 17, 2024 @ 1:53am 
So its just a prop ? That sucks ;p
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chopper [FD] Jun 19, 2024 @ 5:49am 
The stock market can be used to make money but it's a low return on investment in general. I noticed that buying at most 100 units of stock can generate a profit if you buy low and sell high.
The price of stock at purchase/sale is not fixed, it's actually dynamic. The most you buy in a single purchase, the higher the average cost of one stock unit (the inverse with selling).
So buy/sell only in small chunks to turn a profit.
However, any money you have is best invested in trains/rail for constant profit. Stock is not worth it.
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