I do not believe that I have ever written a finance article advocating the purchase of gaming stocks like Activision or Electronic Arts. It’s not that video games aren’t profitable—far from it, intellectual property that costs a few bucks to manufacture per disk and can be sold for $50 is a great way to make money while putting down a small amount of initial capital.
Instead, the challenge is sustainability. When Nestle sells a cookie, I can make intelligent guesses about how many cookies are going to be sold several years into the future. For the past century, the world consumes about 4.5% more cookies each year, and the Nestle Tollhouse usually sells 4% more cookies than the year previous. If someone is in the habit of buying 6-8 cookie rolls per year, that behavior is likely going to continue indefinitely. Through technological advances, boom and bust cycles, and the … Read the rest of this article!