‘Forget Wall Street, Go Hollywood !’

This summer has been quite boring. I’ve had no college classes and most of my friends have gone home for the summer. So, I’ve had to find things, other than going to the gym, to fill my time.

Back in 2005, I discovered a site called Celebdaq. It was run by the BBC and was a stock exchange where you could buy shares in celebrities and sports figures, where the price was determined by the amount of column inches that that celebrity had in the English Tabloids. After moving to The States, it fell of my radar. And this summer I went to kill some time and it was closed !

So, I decided to see if there was anything out there that was similar, AND THERE IS ! !
The Problem with the Wall Street stock exchange, is that there is so much work and research that you have to do to invest in a company or industry that you don’t deal with on an everyday basis. However, you do hear and see celebrities in the news, watch their films and TV shows, and subscribe to there Facebook pages and Twitter feeds. With all that information available that you don’t have to do a massive amount of research to get, is what makes the HSX so appealing.

The HSX allows the trades of MoviesStocks (Movies), StarBonds (Celebrity Personalities), Derivatives (Stock Performance Bonds), Movie Funds (Movie Mutual Funds). You are able to buy & sell shares, but also short and cover shares too.

The HSX have IPO’s everyday where new films that are in development can be bought at there initial offering before they’re price goes through the roof or craps out.

The HSX doesn’t cost anything to play, and on signing up to an account HSX gives you H$2million (fake, obviously).