Investing in Marvel's Future.

thanks. I was going to look into this.

 

I invested in Marvel's company 4 years back, that invest is paying my way through college

we'll my undergraduate degree anyway.

 

I've lost money with them....bad investment property for long term. I expect it to go down in the next few years

 

I bought shares back in 2001 and have been grinning ever since. I made my profit and I'm still holding a majority of those initial purchases. Advanced Dark is absolutely right. Just ride out this current lull and/or buy more now. MVL will start to gain notice later this year and surge accordingly. I really like most of MVL's licensing and entertainment business moves. (The new Hasbro toy deal, the Paramount movie distribution deal, etc.)

 

Tool.

 

The "secret" may be out judging by today's activity. Quarterly earnings report came out today and the stock price jumped. Someone liked something they saw. Great day for MVL long term investors. I agree and still think this stock will keep trending upward. I expect a few bumps in the road later this year but, long term, MVL is gold.

Advanced Dark, what do you think a buy out will mean in terms of the price of the stock and its ramifications to current stock holders?

 

2007 doesn't seem to be that big of an up for marvel. back in 2000 or whenever you initially bought the stock, marvel was in the slumps. spider man hadn't hit, x-men didn't either. now they're an inflated company riding a trend of superhero pop revival. ghost rider isn't really a draw (even with nick cage), fantastic four isn't a top draw either. spider man is marvels bread and butter, and 3 is where the train stops. most of the creative personnel are gone after this one, and furthermore, can the american attention span hold for a couple more flicks? now im not saying spidey will flop, but as in an investment it's not as strong a buy as it would be in 2000. iron man is another good property, but honestly how many more quality lisences does marvel have?

in a nutshell - the time to buy was 6 years ago. this puppy peaked.

 

They peaked. They made on or two movies...got investors ravenous...and now they're sick of them. Investors don't give a sh** about what movies you're making...you obviously no nothing about the stock market

 

bingo...entertainment companies are not good long term investments because they are unreliable. They are at the whims of an uncontrollable public who is on one thing and then of to the next. If you were smart you'd never touch Marvel and focus on stable companies like Lowes, Home Depot, Steel and other manufactured goods. Those things never go "out of style". As I said "investors don't give a sh** about movies and toys". They only care about "the next big thing" and what is "always big". Short term investments are things like Marvel that experience big but fleeting moments of popularity. Long term investments would be something like steel companies. A product that is necessary and always needed (for the foreseeable future).

If you want to invest in Marvel 6 years ago was the time. If you like getting the quarterly reports invest 15 bucks....you'll still get em. I had 1000 dollars in their....now its down to the low 800s if that gives you any impression how great a long term investment it is. Invest in Marvel if you want to, don't go deluding yourself its some awesome stock though.

 

Seriously. I love Marvel, but anyone with half a brain wouldnt invest in them now. Just cause your a fan and put a bunch of money in it, dont get mad cause other people did the smart thing and pulled out. X3 isnt going bring in that much. You really think something like Blade on Spike TV is going to raise revenue? An R-Rated movie like Ghost Rider? Its hardly as sure fire as Spider-man 3. Thats when you want to invest, a couple of months before SM3 comes out and all that merchandise is being sold. Lets be honest here. Marvel is a bad investment.

 

yup...gotta agree w/ this one. (GR will be PG13 though )
the time to get this stock was when it was 1st offered...i wouldnt invest much (or any) in it now. stick to oil/natural gas companies, health care, some tech, ect.
Marvel MIGHT be ok for short term trading...like hold it until a newly superhyped movie is about to be released and then sell it once it goes up a few bucks.

 

exactamundo....face it X3 will probably tank...especially in the face of SR. SM3 looks like it might rock the box office. Ghost Rider will win over no one except die hard fans unless its nothing short of spectacular. Luke Cage, Shang Chi, Hulk, FF2, and X-spinoffs are not reliable money makers especially since two of those movies initial movies tanked hard. Captain America may bring back some stuff in 2009....but you better pray by then people aren't dog tired of Marvel movies

Actually for entertainment....you'd be better switching to DC (I'm being facicious....)

 

I highly doubt X3 will tank... but its not going to do that much for stocks. After two weeks, forget about it. But SM3... I really think with the black suit and Venom happening, its going to totally out do SM2.

 

Yep, it's looking that way for sure.

 

Ugh, I hope Viacom doesn't buy out Marvel.

I really think its bad enough that Time Warner owns DC comics.

 

I don't know much about stocks but I don't see marvel as a huge long term investment especially at their current price. By the time they start making their own films most of them will have been made by other studios already. Big hitters like Spider-man and X-Men will have been long done. All they'll be left with is a few crappy second or third tier superheroes. Who's the say the public will even embrace the genre anymore. This isn't to say you won't make some money but at 17 dollars a share forget it.

 

tank was the wrong word...I meant it won't have any longevity at the box office. It will do "decently". Likely it won't outdo X2.

 

Wow, interesting thread...

Investing in stocks is my hobby, and I spend a lot of time studying different methods, and reading books about the most succesful investors. I believe very strongly that you should never act on the advice of others when investing your money (unless that advice is to read a particular book, or consider a new method of valuating a business). You never know how much research that person has actually done, whether they have a bias, or whether they have the same investing goals you do.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have made what to me is a good amount of money from Marvel, and I continue to hold for the long term. I think it is still an attractive investment, but I really hope that nobody would consider putting their own money into it without doing some research of their own. There are countless companies out there, and you have to decide if this is the best one for your money.

I really have to laugh at the posters who think certain sectors are great or terrible though. There is no such thing as a can't-miss investment, and that is especially true when you say increadibly general things like "Invest in health care," or "invest in steel/natural gas."

What you should be saying, is "invest in a company whose future earnings will be greater than the rate of return you can get from other investments."