gamemanual:gui_financials
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The Financial System has two main sections: Banking and Stocks. | The Financial System has two main sections: Banking and Stocks. | ||
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The Banking system allows you to raise funds without selling the ownership of your company. The banking system has three types of debts systems, which we will cover on this page. | The Banking system allows you to raise funds without selling the ownership of your company. The banking system has three types of debts systems, which we will cover on this page. | ||
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At the top of the Banking window, is an overview of your current cash balances and your debt totals, broken down by category (#1, #2, #3, #4). | At the top of the Banking window, is an overview of your current cash balances and your debt totals, broken down by category (#1, #2, #3, #4). | ||
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===== Line Of Credit ===== | ===== Line Of Credit ===== | ||
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===== Loans ===== | ===== Loans ===== | ||
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====== Stocks ====== | ====== Stocks ====== | ||
- | Stocks are partial ownership of a company. With the stock system, you can buy, sell, merge, and create companies. To access the stock system, click the " | + | Stocks are partial ownership of a company. With the stock system, you can buy, sell, merge, and create companies. To access the stock system, click the " |
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- | ===== Broker | + | ===== Stock Overview |
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+ | Stock Overview is the default panel for a publically traded company. It displays much information about the selected company' | ||
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+ | You can select a company via a logo list on the left (#1). Or by using the dropdown just above the logo list. The company' | ||
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+ | Just above the company selection dropdown is a graph button (#2). Clicking this button will open a more detailed stock report for the selected company. | ||
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+ | We cover most of this data in the [[gamemanual: | ||
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+ | The unlabeled checkbox in the central panel (above #4) sends a high-priority memo if company shares are available to buy. | ||
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+ | You'll find the dividend payout rate of a company in the central panel (#4). Dividends are quarterly payouts a company makes per share. Dividends make shareholders happy. You can adjust your dividend payout and the payouts of any company you own a majority of with the " | ||
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===== Issue Shares/ | ===== Issue Shares/ | ||
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+ | The game allows you to generate new shares of your publically traded company and issue those shares for purchase. This action is called dilution. To do this, click the " | ||
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+ | You can also split shares to increase or decrease share counts. The game will automatically do this if the value of your shares becomes too expensive. You can do a normal split with the "2:1 Split button (#3). Or a reverse split with the "1:2 Reverse Split" button (#4). To return to the Stock Overview panel, click the " | ||
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===== Player Marques ===== | ===== Player Marques ===== | ||
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+ | Marques are brands that a company operates as part of its self. These brands do not operate independently from the company. When the player' | ||
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+ | You'll find rating information about the marque at the top (#2). And information about what that marque owns just below (#3). The "Show Discontinued Models" | ||
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+ | ==== Owned Marques ==== | ||
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+ | If you've selected one of your marques that is not your main brand, the game will replace the "New Marque" | ||
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+ | To sell a marque to a competitor or investor, click the "Sell Marque" | ||
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+ | A wholly-owned subsidiary is a company that operates independently but is 100% owned by another company. If you want to spin-off your marques but want to keep 100% ownership of them, use the " | ||
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+ | Finally, to discontinue a marque, click the " | ||
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+ | ==== Spin-Off ==== | ||
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+ | When you want to spin off a company, you'll have a window like this. The windows for selling and discontinuing marques also look similar. The top checkboxes (#1) include the factories and branches the marque owns with the spin-off. The spin-off funds slider (#2) is used to adjust how much starting funds you're giving the marque. And the Spin-off focus dropdown (#3) will change the AI behavior values for the marque before it is spun-off. | ||
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+ | To spin off the company, click the " | ||
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===== AI Marques ===== | ===== AI Marques ===== | ||
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===== Player Holdings ===== | ===== Player Holdings ===== | ||
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+ | The Holdings panel, accessed by the " | ||
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===== AI Holdings ===== | ===== AI Holdings ===== | ||
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+ | If an AI company is selected in the list, when you click the " | ||
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===== Restructure ===== | ===== Restructure ===== | ||
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- | ~~CL~~ | + | If you want to make some name or logo changes to your company, the Restructuring system is where to go. You can get to the Restructuring system by clicking " |
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- | ===== Player Share Holders ===== | + | You can change the name of your company at the top of the panel (#2). You must check the checkbox and enter your new name. |
- | {{ : | + | Just below that is a dropdown that allows you to change your company logo (#3). You must enable the checkbox to make changes to the logo. |
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+ | Below the logos, you can also change your HQ. Use the dropdown to select an HQ location (#4). To prevent game exploits, you can only choose cities of an HQ marque you own. You must enable the checkbox to make changes to your HQ. | ||
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+ | Any changes you make will cost you money. You can find the amount just under the HQ selection dropdown (#5). | ||
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+ | When you're ready to make changes, click the " | ||
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- | ===== AI Share Holders ===== | + | ===== Share Holders ===== |
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+ | To view who owns shares of a selected company, you'll need to click on the "Share Holders" | ||
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===== Purchase Shares ===== | ===== Purchase Shares ===== | ||
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+ | To purchase shares of a company, including your own, you'll need to click the " | ||
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+ | You'll find the outstanding shares, price, and market cap of the company at the top of the panel (#2). Below are the top three shareholders of the company (#3). | ||
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+ | You can find the number of shares you own and the total number of shares available in the center of the panel (#4). | ||
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+ | Just below that is where you'll enter the number of shares you want to purchase (#5). You can use the slider or enter the number of shares directly. You'll find the price per share and the total purchase cost just below (#6). When you're ready to make the purchase, click the " | ||
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===== Sell Shares ===== | ===== Sell Shares ===== | ||
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+ | To sell shares of a company, including your own, you'll need to click the "Sell Shares" | ||
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+ | You'll find the outstanding shares, price, and market cap of the company at the top of the panel (#2). Below are the top three shareholders of the company (#3). | ||
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+ | You can find the number of shares you own in the center of the panel (#4). | ||
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+ | Just below that is where you'll enter the number of shares you want to sell (#5). You can use the slider or enter the number of shares directly. You'll find the price per share, the total sell proceeds, and your gains/ | ||
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===== Acquisition ===== | ===== Acquisition ===== | ||
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+ | If you want to purchase a company outright, click the " | ||
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+ | If you're ready to make your offer, click the " | ||
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===== Consolidation ===== | ===== Consolidation ===== | ||
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+ | A consolidation is where two companies merge into one. The game allows this by keeping by setting the total number of shares to the sum of both company' | ||
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+ | Finally, at the bottom, the game will display if they' | ||
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