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Thank You, Skrulls

I can't help but be amused to note that in the midst of this horrible financial crisis, my Marvel stock is up 1.18%.
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Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 at 02:24 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]madwriter

Admittedly this past weekend I caught myself thinking of my 1930's-1950's SF magazine collection as more investment than reading material...
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:33 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

I try not to think of my comics as investments. I bought them for me, darn it. :-)

And yet, I keep trying to think of ways to sign copies of I Remember the Future that will make them valuable on the collectors' market.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:37 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]530nm330hz

When you sign them, stitch a Krugerrand into the spine.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:50 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

Riiiight....
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]530nm330hz

Well, it would help their resale value. I'm just keeping an eye on your stated goal. :-)
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:00 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]querldox

Make them out "To my good friend eBay". : -)
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

Associational copies tend to do better; I think I'll make one out to Stephen King. :-)
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]klingonguy

Back in the early 80's, I sold off most of my comics collection (a near complete run of early X-men) to pay for the first year of grad school.

I'm pretty sure it was the right choice.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 08:34 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]querldox

I suspect you should be thanking Tony Stark instead; the Iron Man movie performance (and probably reports that Raimi and Maguire will be doing Spider-Man 4 and 5) probably had a lot more to do with the stock price than the publishing unit.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:55 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

Oh, I do appreciate everything that Stark Industries has done; but it's the Skrulls who control the economy. :-)
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 06:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]sdelmonte

If the Skrulls ran the economy, do you think they would be doing as bad a job as the GOP?
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 08:06 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

The point is that the Skrulls are protecting their own...
Posted on Sep. 16th, 2008 12:27 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]sethg_prime

Movies are countercyclical, right? And from an investor's point of view, Marvel and DC are effectively farm teams for Hollywood at this point, right?
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:24 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

DC is owned by Warner Bros., and is generally considered part of R&D.

Marvel is its own entity, and their business model is to keep their characters valuable so they can produce movies and make money through licensing.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:26 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]alexotica

Heh. I noticed MVL's performance, too.

Alex.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:26 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

As of right now, it's sadly down 0.4%. But my original time-stamped post still holds...
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:27 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]alexotica

I think if I checked my stocks (including a pittance in MVL) more than once per day (usually less often) I'd go insane. Especially since I got my first post-college job, opened up my Roth IRA a few months after Bush II took office. Thankfully we're running out of bubbles to burst.

Alex.
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]klingonguy

Oh, sure, life's just skittles and beer for the Skrull, but what about the Kree? Huh? What about the Kree?!
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 08:35 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

Aren't they having problems with the Shi'ar?
Posted on Sep. 16th, 2008 12:28 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rivendelldragon

LOL...at least you are seeing some good in the bad. I like!
Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 10:22 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mabfan

Thanks!
Posted on Sep. 16th, 2008 12:28 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply