ERX OFFICIAL TUTORIAL

Day 894, 14:54 Published in USA Croatia by Ministarstvo ekonomije RH

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eCroatian Department of Trade, A Special Edition, Issue No. 4, Day 894 of the New eWorld

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http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8139/dolarv.png"> Introduction by the Minister of Trade
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8139/dolarv.png"> ERX Tutorial
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8139/dolarv.png"> Two Interviews
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http://erepublik.taramtamtam.com/pics/MEfund.jpg">INTRODUCTION BY THE MINISTER OF TRADE

Dear Readers,

We bring to you an English translation of the updated ERX Tutorial issued by the eCroatian Trade Department. With a permission obtained from the ERX Board of Directors, we have translated the Official Tutorial, and grately updated the form and the contents, with further information necessary as to obtain a good and complete understanding of the ERX Stock Exchange.

eRepublik Stock Exchnange - ERX - is a new organization in the eRep eWorld, representing, at the moment, the only existing eRep stock exchange (the future of the EREPX is unknown). It was established with a goal of bringing more economic dynamics into the eRep. The project has been developed by the t'jelle bank and supported by the US Federal Reserve, and the trading has been approved by the Admins (the Admins and the creators of ERX are working together to prevent the misdemeanour, such as multies and etc. - read more about this in the interview with Anaros, one of the ERX Team-members). This sort of a trade can be very challenging for a beginner, and we hope that this updated Official tutorial will explain the basic and advanced steps in ERX stock trading.

After you have read through the tutorial, start slowly. If you move to fast, you might end up loosing all of your gold. In the beginning, as an investor, devote enough time to explore the market, and calculate which shares might bring you the highest profit margin. ERX is very complex and hard to understand, but with time and experience gathered, a good proft is a likely outcome!

With kind regards,
eCroatian Minister of Trade,
Lord Marlock.


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CONTENTS

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http://erepublik.taramtamtam.com/pics/MEyuan.jpg"> 1.1 The Basics of Stocks
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Introduction


Welcome to the eRepublik Stock Exchange!

The following is a tutorial to help you navigate the exchange.

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The Basics of Stocks

Before you can invest wisely, you need to know how a eRepublik Stock Exchange (ERX) works. Normally, a company owner decides to “go public” with his company by releasing an Initial Public Offering (IPO). He will sell small slivers of ownership to buyers for a price. Each of these slivers are called shares. The more shares you own, the more ownership you possess in the company. The owner then can either reinvest the money generated by selling the ownership, or he can walk away with it.

Either way, you, the consumer, now own part of the company you bought shares from. As a partial owner, you are entitled to the company’s profits - in proportion to how much of the company you own. These profits are called dividends. This is one way to profit from the ownership of stocks.

The other way to profit from stocks is to sell them for more than you bought them for. If a company has increased their profits from the time you bought the stocks, you can generally sell them to another person for more than you paid. The person buying the stocks is betting that you’re wrong. They think the profits will continue to increase - thus increasing the dividends - and that they can also sell the stocks to someone else for even more money.

Unlike the real stock exchanges, the ERX trades stock on organizations, not individual raw material, manufacturing, or construction companies. For the remainder of the guide, organization refers to the entity that is being invested in, while company refers to one of the organization's assets.

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Risks, Benefits, and the SEC

As a partial owner of an organization, you’re agreeing to live the life of an entrepreneur. This means that you’re accepting the risk of failure (bankruptcy) in exchange for a chance to make more money. The business owners, meanwhile, make money off of their IPO which they can re-invest in their companies to strengthen it further. In this respect, stock exchanges are win-wins for investors and business owners. Still, combinations of mismanagement, bad luck, and unforeseen events mean that no company is guaranteed to succeed.

The eRep Stock Exchange does keep a cash reserve to help protect investors against a total loss of their investment should the organization they own go bankrupt. You will not receive all of your money back, but it can help soften the blow of your stock’s value crashing.

Another risk of the eRepublik Exchange is the potential fraud. Organization owners can willfully misreport their earnings, assets, and projections to artificially inflate their stock’s price. The eRep Exchange helps prevent this by distinguishing between audited and non-audited organizations. Audited companies are required to submit various forms of information that certify the accuracy of the organization’s reporting, while non-audited organizations are not. eUS’ Securities and Exchange Commission help the auditing process and is the body responsible for correcting any fraud. It is strongly recommended that you only purchase stock from audited organizations.

Don’t let all of these risks scare you. They are all possibilities, but the organizers of the eRepublik Exchange have done everything in their power to prevent these from happening. For most people, the risk is well worth the potential benefit. If you cannot stand the idea of ever losing money, the eRep Exchange is not for you. Otherwise, let’s get started with how to make some big bucks!

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The ERX Website

Here follows a detail set of instructions on how to navigate through, and use the ERX website.

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Registering

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Let’s get started! Click HERE to go to the eRep Exchange. Bookmark it. You’ll need to refer to it frequently to maximize your profits. If you haven’t registered, you should see a line graph and some reasons why the eRep Exchange is awesome. The line graph tracks the amount of gold invested in all the stocks on the exchange over time.To register an account with the eRep Exchange, click on the REGISTER button in the bottom left hand corner. Then click “Get Started”. This will take you a screen that says “eRepublik API”. Insert you eRepublik username in password. This is okay! The url: http://api.erepublik.com/login proves that this is actually a legitimate eRepulik website. By logging into the API, you securely confirm to eRepublik and the eRep Exchange that you do have control over the character you’re registering. Never give out your name and password to any site besides www.erepublik.com or http://api.erepublik.com/login .

Once this step has completed, enter a secure password. Like your eRepublik password, it should have numbers and letters and should include any complete words that a program might try from a predefined word list. Also, it should not be identical to your eRepublik password.

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Preparing to Invest

Okay! Now let’s get some money to invest with. This is best done before you even know what stock you want to buy, because the process of transferring gold from your citizen’s account to the eRepublik Stock exchange can take up to 24 hours. In order to transfer money from your citizen account to your ERX account, simply donate the gold from your citizen account to the ERX Terminal Organization. Do not donate your gold to any other organization claiming to be related to the ERX.

Once the money has been transferred to your ERX account, the amount transferred will appear in the bottom left hand corner of every ERX page, assuming you are logged in. By default, you’ll be taken to the “Your Portfolio” tab, which should be empty at this point.

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Let’s go buy some stocks and make ourselves a portfolio! Click the “All Stocks” tab at the top of the ERX page. By default, you’ll be viewing only audited stocks. This is the recommended viewing setting for beginning investors and those looking for safer bets.

On this page, there are 9 columns for each organization. Let’s go through the columns one by one. First, we have the full organization name, with the abbreviation of the org in the next column. The abbreviation allows for quick concise identification of stocks. The next column is the ever-important share value. This indicates how much you’ll pay to own one share of the company. Next are change and volume. Change is the percentage change in value of one share of the stock over the last 24 hours, while volume indicates how many shares exchanged hands over the last 24 hours. This information combined gives you an idea of what direction a stock is trending and how quickly it’s doing so.

Org Value is an important indicator as well. This is the total value of the organization’s assets, as measured by the ERX guidelines. The guidelines dictate that an organization’s value is based on the number of companies owned proportionate to the quality of the company. The following valuation rubric is use😛 Q1 = 20 gold; Q2 = 40 gold; Q3 = 90 gold; Q4 = 190 gold; Q5 = 390 gold. Later in the text you will learn of additional assets that can be further incorporated into the overall value.

Organization value is generally a good indicator of the organization’s track-record and stability. The higher the value, the more likely they are to be stable. This is partially due to the fact that higher quality companies tend to be more profitable and also partially due to the fact that organizations with higher values tend to have more resources to weather difficult economic times. On the other hand, smaller companies that are well run have a greater potential to grow rapidly, increasing the value of your shares more quickly.

Country indicates the organization’s country of origin, while the listed column indicates the date of initial public offering of shares on the ERX.

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Detailed Organization Page

These columns are just cursory glances at an organization’s background. For more information, click on any organization’s name in the left-hand most column. This will take you to the organization’s detailed page, which exposes you to a greater wealth of data.

Immediately below the organization’s name in the upper left hand corner of the page are three numbers. The large, blue number is the current value of one share. Immediately below it is a number to the left which indicates the change in the value of a share in raw gold. To the right of this number is the percentage change in the stock’s value.

To the right of these numbers are three crucial numbers: organisation value, total shares, and market cap. We’ve already discussed org value. Total shares indicates the number of shares that could possibly be owned. This number is important because dividends are divided equally amongst the shares, and it is also used to determine the market cap. The market cap, determined by the number of shares multiplied by the price per share, is a good indicator of whether an organization has overvalued shares. If the market cap exceeds the estimated org value, then chances are that the shares are overvalued.

Moving further right, we find historical data that can help you get a sense of an organization’s highs and lows. The best tool for this, however, is the line graph in the center of your page. The dropdown box in the upper right portion of the screen allows you select your range of data.

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Don’t ignore the Current Market Offers and Latest News sections either! Current Market Offers indicates the current lowest price of shares for sale (Ask:) and the current highest price that a buyer is willing to pay (Bi😛). Latest news is also a good place to check the organization’s previous dividends and upcoming events.

It’s not a bad idea to just browse through the audited stocks, but if you know a specific organization you’d like to invest in, there is always the search field in the bottom right hand corner of every page.

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Sealing the Deal: Buying and Selling

After browsing through a number of stocks, pick out one organization you’d like to invest it. You may purchase stock one of several ways. You can go to the “Place Order” tab at the top of any ERX page, you can go to “All Stocks” and click the sell link on the far right of any organization’s name, or click the “Buy Shares” button in the upper right hand corner of each Organization detail’s page. No matter which way you choose, you end up in the same place.

First, find the organization you want to buy stock in from the drop down menu. Set your quantity and your highest maximum bid per share. The handy calculator will indicate how much total gold will be withdrawn from your account upon a successful transaction. Last but not least, be sure to review an order expiration time. If you’re bound and determined to buy the stock at a cheap price, then you may want to lengthen the expiration time.

It’s also important to note that the ERX charges a 1% transaction fee on all transactions. This fee helps pay the employees who run the site as well as the set-up costs involved in creating such a massive undertaking.

This same set up will be used for selling stocks, with the exception that you make sure that the radio button in at the top of the form is selected to “Sell”. It is important to note that posting an offer to sell shares, or for that matter an offer to buy shares is just that - an offer. Someone else must want to exchange as well. So, for example, if you post a sell offer, someone else must post a buy offer that meets your minimum selling price. Similarly, if you offer to buy stocks, someone must be willing to sell to you at the price you requested.

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Managing Your Portfolio

Once you’re satisfied with the details, click “Place Order” and you’ll be returned to the Your Portfolio page. There you should see, under Recent Orders, the order you just placed. Once someone has sold you the shares at your requested price, the Status of the order will turn to a green “Completed” and the stock will appear under the header of “Your Share Holdings”.

The portfolio page allows you to monitor your current investments closely. It also keep your orders of stocks separate, so that you can track how your initial investment in an organization is performing compared to additional shares you bought later in the same organization at a different price.

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At any time you may click “Sell” or “Buy More” which will bring you back to the Place Order Screen. In the event that you click sell, be sure to specify the number of shares you want to sell before clicking “Place Order”. By default, it lists the entire order as for sale. You may also transfer shares - but not gold - to another registered ERX user if you so desire.

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Tips for the Corporation Owners

Should you decide to list your corporation on the EXR, you will have to satisfy certain criteria necessary as to be accepted to the official audited list of the corporations. First of all, you are required to give a full and honest report on your business. This implies data on the state of the assets that you wish to have audited. In order to request an audition, you will have to fill-out the "ERX Request". How to do this correctly, we shall illustrate throught the following example:

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To prove that you truly are the owner of the corporation and all the assets adjunct to it, it is necessary to provide as much data as possible. The state of the companies under the corporation, the state of all the accounts, the state of the stock and products, the number of workers employed, and finally, the amount of profit that the corporation generates. It is helpful to add a few images that point out to your ownership of the same. Try to be precise when calculating the overall money-worth of the previously mentioned, and, in case you are using different currencies, specify the gold exchange rate for each. In case, after you have successfully audited your corporation, any of the companies get upgraded, or you acquire an additional one, use the same method to request the change in value (up or down).

If you have consciously filled out the form, after a few days (depending on the number of audition request at that moment), your corporation shall be listed. In that moment, you will be granted access to a new ERX window, "Manage Your Corporation".

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Through this page, you will be able to run your corporation, and make crucial decisions concerning your business. Having in mind the basic information regarding the name and the current worth of your corporation, the first distinguishable novelties are the so-called "Held Shares" and "Outstanding Shares". Held Shares represent the share stock which has not been transfered from the corporation portfolio, thus disabling the ability to trade with the same. Usually, this part of the shares is kept by the owner in order to keep the majority rights of ownership and management over the corporation. Should however the owner decide to put a part/all of those shares to the market, he may do this through the "Transfer Shares Held by Org" option. Outstanding Shares represent the part of the shares that have been transfered from the corporation portfolio to the user's portfolio, thus enabling further transactions.

The option "Shareholders" gives one the abilitiy to browse through the list of the current shareholders and the amount of their share. In this way you can learn more about your shareholders and keep contact with them.

Successful corporations may decide to multiply the number of shares. To achieve this, one can use the option "Issue New Shares" (bearing in mind the operational cost of 0.01 gold per share). It is important to note that by using this method, the value of an individual share is reduced, thus creating probable negative reaction by the current shareholders. Due to this reason, another method is made available, the co-called "Stock Split", by which the number of the current stocks is doubled, with the current shareholders receiving the renumeration through the double number of shares.

Finally, the option "Pay out Dividens" enables the owner to pay out the dividens. The corporations are encouraged to use this option, in order to attract the long-term investors.

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The basic questions on the owner's mind is how to attract the investors. First of all, try to give out regular dividens. This way, you will be sending out an important message to the current and prospective shareholders, signifying a serious approach to the running of the corporation, and creating a good image, something that will catch the eye of both short-term and long-term investors. Use the News option to issue information on the regular payments, and increase in the value, as to prove your constant activity and care.

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Furthermore, it is recommended to open up a Public Display of your accounts, where the current and prospective shareholders will be able to keep track of your business conduct. Take a look at the example HERE. Further down the text, we are providing a number of well-made Financial Books.

A good idea also is to start-up a special eNewspaper solely for the purpose of promoting your corporation, preferably published world-wide. An example can be found HERE. Further down the text, we are providing a number of well-made eNewspapers.

Once all the aforementioned documents are prepared, use the option "Org Description" (under the Detailed Organization Page), to put up the direct link where these materials can be obtained/found.

As an excellent example of a good commercial activity through the eNewspaper, read this article, through which one of the leading ERX corporations, Dementu Club, calls upon the new investors. Another good example is the Ghinsberg Report, made by the Ghinsberg Holding, through which you can constatly keep track of their business, something that signifies the seriousness of the corporation. In addition to the previously mentioned corporation, we recommend the reading of the GBi Rating Co., Ltd. We also recommed a regular track of the Stock Market News, where you will be able to find excellent analysis of the ERX market. Further recommendations: Global Consulting News; .eNews of eMaxy.; DIB; VIP Corp. News; WHC; SDK; IPO, and PAC.

Finally, we recommend a few excellent examples of well-made Financial Books: Dementu Club; Caffeine Corporation; Ghinsberg Holding; Version 2 Investments; SMF IPO, and Jednotipkasti Emporium.

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Tips for the Investors

Before you start purchasing shares, it is necesary to make a good analysis of the business of the corporation whose shares you wish to buy. The Business Plan of the corporation explains the way a corporation handles the money flow. A simple business plan would look something like this: 50% of the income is used for further reinvestment, 40% for the dividens, and 10% for the unforeseen costs. If a corporation gives out 80% in dividens, it is not realistic to expect a decent progress, as can be expected in the previous example, where a huge portion of the income reinvested signifies a likely increase in the value of the shares.

Volume is one of the main factors necessary to keep in mind when choosing where to invest. If you are planning to trade on a daily basis, remember that the Volume = 0 means the lack of trade of shares, of a particular company.

At the same time, you should devise a method of trading. One can think of two basic principles of trading with stocks: day-to-day trade, and long-term investments.

Long-term investments is a strategy where one invests in the corporations that give out good and regular dividens, present a sound Business Plan, and have solid grounds for a continuous progress. The shares you are looking for must be stable (because you plan to keep them for a longer period), and must guarantee a good dividend income. A communication with the Management of the corporation is also important, as to be continuously aware of the actions taken by the Management which affect the corporation's business activities. A realistic view of the money-worth of corporation is an additional important factor to keep in mind, as there is no sense in investing into a corporation that, owning just one q1 company, states in its Business Plan a desire of being worth 5000 gold.

Day-to-day trading (short-term investment) method implies buying and selling stocks on a daily basis. The purpose of this method is simple: buy cheap, sell when the prices rise. This method is more risk-bearing, and takes a lot of time, as it requires a constant activity on the market and a good felling of changes in the value of the share. Usually, good day-to-day traders sell when the value of a share raises up to 5%. But be aware, this is a risky and difficult way of making money!

We would like to recommend a subscription to The Financial Times, whose editor, AidenAstrup, is one of the owners and founders of the ERX. Through this eNewspaper, you will be regularly updated with the news and important notifications regarding the ERX. Another leading member of the ERX team, Anaros, with whom we have talked about the temp ban of the ERX Terminal, runs a similar eNewspaper project, A Woof, where you can keep track of all the important news regarding ERX and the t'jelle bank. Furthermore, Big Brother, another leading persona of the ERX, also edits a special eNewspaper, the eRepublik.ws, where you can, among other things, read about ERX too. We should not fail to mention an important article by eRekeri-a, a leading Management Board member of the ERX, where he explains how the ERX functions. Further recommendation to read is a fantastic business eMagazine, the WSJ: .ws Journal. If you are interested in the differences betwen the ERX, and the currently closed EREPX, read this and this article.

We further recommed the following articles, where you will be able to gather further important information on ERX, and learn some of the secrets of successful trading: Economy: ERX; Review: ERX; ERX Temp Ban i interview sa osnivačem; Reviewing the ERX; How to successfully invest in ERX; TOP 10 ERX; Understanding the Basics of ERX; ERX The Series, I, II; Answering questions about ERX; ERX Part I; Review of ERX; A Key Broken in the Lock; How to invest in ERX; Titanium Industry Stock; Top Dividend Earning Stocks; Kritička analiza t'jelle poslovanja; Analiza t'jelle poslovanja; A Golden Opportunity; ERX Trgovina akcija; McAdden Index, and Q&A.

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That’s it! Happy Hunting!


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In order to attract an average eRep citizens to the wonderful world of ERX, and encourage them to give it a try, we have prepared two very informative interviews, both with renowned members of the ERX milieu.

First, AidenAstrup, one of the founding-fathers of ERX; Second, Crazy Man, the owner and CEO of one of the most successful ERX corporations, the DCM.

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Interview with AidenAstrup

Lord Marlock: How was the ERX idea born? Where there any previous similar projects? Who are the people behind the ERX Team? Is the bank t'jelle an owner of the ERX?

AidenAstrup: ERX was initially created by Big Brother (B😎, but I was the one who stepped in and added many more features. BB was the coder, I was the one who figured out how to run operations and also financed the operation. It cost 2,000 Gold and I managed to get the US Treasury to cover 25% and MM2 to cover another 25% - I then covered the rest. t'jelle Bank is the owner/operator. While the US Treasury and MM2 hold a stake, they are mostly financiers, while t'jelle Bank is the one really running the entire thing.

Lord Marlock: A certain number of prospective investors are worried about the safety of their investment. Can u specifiy how the system works and what are the securities of the investment? Who is the guarantor? Is US Federal reserved, and in what way?

AidenAstrup: If your investing in audited companies, we have a fund that will pay back investors 100% in almost all cases. We have done this a few times with unaudited companies, but only because they seriously manipulated investors. The SEC and US Government may step in and help reimburse investors as well. The US Federal Reserve deals solely with bonds and US Banks and isn't involved in US Securities.

Lord Marlock: What makes a good ERX corporation? How does one get the shares sold? How does one increase the values of the shares? What should each investor look at, when deciding where to invest?

AidenAstrup: A decent corporation should have multiple companies in different industries and hopefully in multiple countries as well. Share value can only be increased by convincing buyers that they should post a higher bid. Make sure the corporation is audited and that it has a volume above a few hundred. If Market Cap is more than two times the Org Value, stay away from that investment.

Lord Marlock: With the contracts temporarily out of the picture, how can one nowdays ensure good credit lines to support its business? What would you recommend?

AidenAstrup: That is one of the reasons I decided to move ahead with ERX. If you need credit to expand your companies, you can list your company on ERX and raise money from investors.

Lord Marlock: Are there any ERX specialised forums and chat rooms? Any newspapers or great articles you would recommend? What about scripts and tools to even more improve the ERX experience?

AidenAstrup: I would recommend following my newspaper as I always post new features and important ERX information. We have a twitter account (erxupdates) and an IRC room (#erx). I don't currently know of any scripts aside from the one that employees use. If anyone ends up coming up with a script, I would love to hear about it. The guy who added a bot to our IRC room which pulled stock information and shouted it in the chat room when requested now works for t'jelle. Someone who created a script making it easier to do deposits is now the director of our Audit Dept. If there is something that can be made better and you have a solution - do it! You'll be rewarded, I guarantee it!

Lord Marlock: What are the short-term, and what are the long-term goals of ERX? Do you see your business expanding, and to what end?

AidenAstrup: Short Term: 1. Get the tutorial up on the website; 2. Create a more efficient way of auditing, we already have the idea, we just need to install it; 3. Do some back-end work to make things run faster as far requests go. Long-Term: 1. Get API to let us do gold transfers; 2. Translate website into languages available on eRepublik; 3. Have a better system for countries to release bonds.
I don't see ERX expanding any further, but t'jelle is certainly going much farther. Once most of my to-do list for ERX is complete, I will begin working on another idea I have.

Lord Marlock: Any last words for the current and future stock dealers, corporation owners and investors?

AidenAstrup: Invest wisely and always think about the future. I am surprised the markets didn't jump when the last EI was released. Once V2 comes out, profits will shoot up - meaning higher dividends. Yet very few investors have jumped onto this opportunity - many of the shares are quite cheap. Just because Market Cap is greater than Org Value, doesn't mean something is overvalued. If the company is set to expand, then the market cap should be higher than current value since it will rise in the future.

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Interview with Crazy Man

Lord Marlock: First of all, please give us a few basic information about your DCM conglomerate? The assets, profit, number of the people you employ, and future plans.

Crazy Man: Currently Dementu Club worth almost 6000 gold, with 13 companies (8food, 2weps, 1grain, 1iron, 1diamonds) all manufaturing companies are Q5 and land companies are Q4. Almost all companies have licenses so we can trade products all over the world. Currently profit is about 25-40g daily, varies from day to day. Companies are maintained by me and another guy. In the future i want to look for another guy to help us with maintenance companies

Lord Marlock: DCM is certainly a rich and powerful corporation. How does one create such an organization? Where did you get your starting capital, and how did you increase it?

Crazy Man: My corporation was founded about a year ago. At first i had a Q5 company in Indonesia with some friends, it brought me huge profits (about 10 -20g per day). Then came other loans from friends (500g+), t'jelle Bank (200g) and WCB (300g), all this gold i invested in another 3 companies... And when you have a large amount of gold it is easy to multiply ...

Lord Marlock: Before auditing your corporation on ERX, what was its value then, as opposed to the current?

Crazy Man: Before auditing my corporation on ERX, my org value was almost 2100 gold, right now is worth 6000 gold.

Lord Marlock: The secrets of ERX! What can you share with our readers? Which tips do you have? How does one get the prospective investors interested in investing? Or, if one is an investor, where and how should one invest? How much are you making a day?

Crazy Man: No secret that i could reveal them now, i dont speculations with shares... But the most important thing is to buy cheap and sell expensive and also if you're lucky to receive dividends. If you are investor better you invest in big corporations, and first of all check if they are serious. (dividends, share price, market capital, the real share price, volume)

Lord Marlock: Are you working for the ERX team? What is your opinion of ERX? Can you compare it with EREPX? What are other financial institutions you would care to mention (e.g. eBanks)?

Crazy Man: Yes, i'm working for the ERX team, i started two days ago. My opinion.. it's very good.. but still have to implement new features, like transactions page, who sells / who buys (volume, share price). I dont have account on EREPX, so i can't say something about them... at first look i like trading page. Now as financial institution i have only one in head and that is t'jelle Bank (very good).

Lord Marlock: What is the future of ERX? How many people will get involved, and how does ERX affect the eRep economy?

Crazy Man: Right now there are "Users: 7051" it's a good thing for now... lots of gold invested until now, and for the future i hope there will be like 20k users or more xD. I'm not very good with eRep economy.. but for long time ppl will remain without gold and there will be more companies...

Lord Marlock: Any last thoughts?

Crazy Man: Invest smart with ERX


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