THE “TAKEOVER” SQUARES—(to view the square click here !)

Landing at a TAKEOVER square, you may attempt a takeover of other players’ stock, if you have no cash, you may pay the other player(s) in bank IOUs (funds borrowed from Citibank ). But before you take over another player's stock, look to the  market clues* to project where stock price’s are headed.

*See heading “Market Clues” below.

TENDER OFFER SQUARES—(to view the square click here !)

Landing on any TENDER OFFER square, you may sell your stock at a windfall profit, or if, after reading the market clues, you foresee higher prices ahead, decline the offer, toss the dice and move on to another square where other fortunes await you.

BARON ? or BARRACUDA! SQUARE (to view the square click here !)

Landing at a BARON/BARRACUDA square, you may take your rightful investments profits, or, court disaster by gamble on a hot tip, but if you are caught "insider trading" you must pay each player damages (brought in a Class action against you). And, if you lack the cash you must go to the Bankruptcy Court and do as the court orders there.

THE BANKRUPTCY COURT SQUARE—(to view the square click here !)

Landing here, a player must pay all his/her debts. If the player lacks the cash he/she must sell off enough of his/her stocks and/or bonds to pay those debts. While the player may suffer a setback, he/she is “not” out of the game.

GOVERNMENT AGENCY RULINGS SQUARE AND ITS CARDS—(to view the square click here !)

Landing here, the player, drawing a card and either reaps the gains of a favorable agency ruling, or suffers the wrath and the loss metered out by one of a host of government agencies.

SPECIALTY TRADER’S SQUARE —(to view the square click here !)

Landing here, the player gets a taste of how the Market's in-people make money, even when stock prices are falling.

PAY INTEREST DUE SQUARE—(to view the square click here !)

Landing at, or passing, this square, the player must pay, interest he/she owes on his/her Citibank IOUs (debts borrowed to buy stock or bonds, or  borrowed to finance a takeover. In this game interest rates fluctuate between  5% and  17% depending on market conditions.

FREE PASS TO ANY SQUARE—(to view the square click here !)

Landing at this strategy square, gives the player opportunity—after reviewing the market clues—to move to the square most advantageous to his game plan.

THE COLLECT $100,000—(to view the square click here !)

Landing at, or passing this square, the player borrows funds from Citibank, to buy stock and/or bonds offered at the BROKERS squares.

THE BROKERS’ SQUARES—(to view three  of the brokers' squares & six  of  the  corporations  who's stock  is traded in the game,  click here !)

Landing at any of the six BROKERS squares, the player may buy the stock of America’s leading corporations: AT&T, IBM, Kmart, Pepsico, Westinghouse, to name a few; and if the price of stocks are too high, to buy US Treasury Bonds.  The player buys as much  as he/she can afford, mindful that soon, he/she may have to pay interest  on any  bank funds borrowed (Citibank IOUs).

THE PLAYER’S INVESTMENT ADVISOR  Part I-- Market  Clues  (to view The Player's Investment Advisor, Part I, click here !)

 The present trend of stock prices, market’s mood, the nature of the dice being tossed,  current run up of stock or bond prices, the player’s position on the board, the order of the player’s turn—all are clues to where the player perceives stock/bond prices are heading and are the bases for his/her future strategy moves. 

PLAYER'S INVESTMENT ADVISOR  Part II--Market  Strategy (to view Player's Investment Advisor,  Part II,  click here !

If the new player is not sure of the better strategy move, the Player’s Investment Advisor is at his/her side to guide him or her not only in reading the clues, but too,  in the basic market strategy moves.    

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THESE HAPPENINGS AND  MORE,  SET IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF REVERSIBLE STOCK MARKET PRICE TRENDS—ALL INTERACT TO CAPTURE THE DRAMA AND INDIGENOUS BEAT OF WALL STREET.

Acknowledgement—The gracious consent of those  many New York Stock Exchange listed corporation to allow the use of their names and logos to appear on the

 WALL STREET up/down  game board,

has given the game an added authenticity.  However the prices, price movements and other attributes of the game's stock in no way reflects or represents the stock marketing realities of these corporations.