NCS Week of May 24, 1999

May 26, 1999 Wednesday update at 11:58AM

Oodles of imports

Imports
New Dream Imports in stock today Sega gets the ball rolling again after a month long hiatus. Sitting on one's laurels is never a good thing but the flow of new DC imports should start gearing up as summer approaches. All pre-orders will ship today.
Dynamite Deka 2	Sega	US$55
Elemental Gimmick Gear	Hudson	US$55
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New Playstation Imports Three Playstation imports arrived today. Macross DYRL is expected tomorrow.
Ace Combat 3	Namco	US$55
Beatmania Append Gottamix	Konami	US$39
Lunar 2 Eternal Blue	GArts	US$65
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New NGP Color Imports Metal Slug is very good on the small screen and we're pleased with the quality of SNK's Fatal Fury conversion to the NGP.
Fatal Fury First Contact	SNK	US$35
Metal Slug First Mission	Saurus	US$35
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Bust a Move 2 Soundtrack The official Japanese Bust a Move 2 soundtrack is in stock today and has been added to our on-line store. Fans of the game get all 14 tracks from BaM2. US$39.
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New DC Virtual Memory System A transparent green VMS unit is in stock today which contains a self contained mini-game that will eventually link with the 3-D platform game called Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan is due in July.This item has been added to our on-line store this morning. US$35.

Everything Else

Final Fantasy VIII Products
A limited edition FF8 Zippo lighter with Gunblade and Stand was offered to us at US$280 overnight. Note that this item is at a 40% premium due to vendor pricing. Pre-orders were also opened up for a Final Fantasy VIII silver ring that is shipping in mid-June. Three ring sizes are available: Size 13, Size 19 and Size 21. If you are interested in pre-ordering a FF8 ring, please remember to submit your ring size as well. This item will be priced at US$118.

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Yen Equilibrium / 11:41AM
Our trade hit parity overnight and we've installed a stop to protect this level. We look for further dollar weakness so we should manage a profit this week before we sell out and evaluate the forex. There was a point last week when this trade was in the red by about $80K but we recovered all that. Sigh, we won't break discipline and expand a losing trade position ever again. The dollar stands at Y121.80 today and we'd like to see Y119 this week.

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Capital Markets / 11:45AM
There was fear in the streets yesterday and a lot of blood was shed. The sell off was relentless near the end but we have a small pop this morning. It remains to be seen if any rally can be sustained since it appears traders are selling into strength these days. As we mentioned yesterday, the nets are attractive at these levels but we will probably only enter them via naked put plays to gain a small buffer before committing to a trade. We'll watch levels carefully when 01:00PM rolls around to see if sellers start entering the market.

NSOL Update:
04.23.99 / 09:35AM Bought 1000 shares NSOL at 79 5/16
05.26.99 / 11:53AM NSOL at 58

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Monday	Playstation August Preview, New DC + NGP Color imports on the way
Tuesday	PC-Engine Dead of the Brain information, new PS imports shipped
Wednesday	Dynamite Deka 2, Elemental Gimmick Gear, Ace Combat 3, Lunar 2 EB, etc
Thursday	PS Macross, Dance Dance Revolution Manner Cushion, Neo Shock Troopers 2
Friday	Neo Geo consoles, Beatmania Station Pro, Dreamcast sales dreary but hope floats