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This Week - Benefits of Investing


Edit: Thank you Sir Hypnotoad for helping me realize that the productivity formula on the Wiki is awful. The spreadsheet has been redone and the article has been revised to reflect the new math. I should also add that the example company being used is one of the better examples. I would have to revisit the math for a Manufacturing company or a Resource company in a mid to low region.

The article is a bit late this week; was supposed to be released on Sunday.

Anyhow, this week I want to explain how a player benefits from a loan or investment for their company. Given a single Q1 Grain company with 5 employees, I'm going to prove to you that you would be better off taking a 1-week, 20 Gold
loan to upgrade your company as opposed to earning that Gold
by yourself.

Some arbitrary numbers
Skill level for 5 employees: 4.5
Weekly interest rate for loan: 3%

Some actual, market-based numbers
Cheapest bit of Grain: 0.23 USD

Current salary for skill level 4: 26 USD


Spreadsheet
(Please keep in mind that the Grain company used in this spreadsheet was in a HIGH Grain region)

According to this spreadsheet, given a 3% weekly interest rate, the Q2 company owner was able to pay off his debt in 5 weeks with 1 Gold
to spare. In that same 5 weeks, the Q1 company owner ends up with 5 Gold
but is still stuck with his Q1 company.

I wish I knew how to better use Google Docs, if I did I'd let you all play with the variables to see how it would work out for your companies.

If anyone finds something I've overlooked in the spreadsheet or elsewhere, please let me know. I don't want to scam people into believing something that isn't true. If I've said something wrong, it needs to be fixed.

Lastly, as always, if you have some extra Gold on-hand or have a company and would like to take a loan, please contact me or fill out the linked form below to apply. If you do apply for a loan, PLEASE contact me in-game as well so I can get back to you as soon as possible.

Current Investment Opportunities


Lenders:

NoneSuch - 15 Gold
- Loan

Companies:

Apply here

Next Week - Interest Rates (Boring?)


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