BAD INVESTMENTS

Even if an investor has 'the golden touch' he can not be successful in every transaction he makes, and this was also true for Scrooge. Still, it is worth noticing that he often managed to come out even. In the examples mentioned below you are not given any explanatory information as to why a certain investment at some point proved to be a bad one, because the information would sometimes be complicated and lengthy. If in doubt, please consult the stories yourself...

 

 


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 CP01 Letter to Santa:
Full-size steam shovel.

CP09 Christmas in Duckburg:
Ferris wheel. Official Duckburg Christmas tree.

U$09 The Tuckered Tiger:
Race horse.

U$14 'The Square Inch Deal':
Multiple tiny lots.

U$18 Land of the Pygmy Indians:
Lake area.

U$24 The Magic Ink:
Ink with magic powers.

U$25 'The Pyramid Story':
Land area with a pyramid.

U$26 The Prize of Pizarro:
Spanish galleon with a treasure letter.

U$28 The 'Paul Bunyan' Machine:
Timber claim.

U$29 Island in the Sky:
Second-hand Skyfish space wagon.

U$32 That's No Fable!:
40 acres of Floridian swampland.

U$34 Chuckwagon Derby:
Antique Rolls-Regal horseless shay.

U$38 The Unsafe Safe:
Indestructible glass.

U$57 The Swamp of No Return:
Super Teaching Machine.

U$64 The Treasure of Marco Polo:
Jade elephant.

U$66 The Heedless Horseman:
Race horse.

U$GTD 'The Fantastic River Race':
Paddle-wheeler.

WDCS144 'The Billion Dollar Spree':
Donald gets to spend a billion of Scrooge's surplus money.

WDCS155 'Rainbow Heirs':
Pots of money for potential heirs.

WDCS194 'Sky Writer':
Smoke-written advertisement.

WDCS207 'Burro Contest':
Contest entrance fee.

WDCS226 'The Drifting Island':
Constantly diminishing island.

WDCS255 Boat Buster:
Wager with John D. Rockerduck.

WDCS265 Raven Mad:
Booth exhibiting the Number One Dime.

WDCS268 Christmas Cheers:
Gold pavement.

 

 

  
http://www.cbarks.dk/theinvestord.htm   Date 2007-06-11