Alpha Investments Presents: Magic The Gathering Hedge Fund

[@dinomendino]

I sent this video to my Bank and they approved my loan for $1.8M

[@meikvincenco1584]

I think that was sarcasm.

[@ricardoblikman2676]

I hope you pay 0% interest like bankers

[@ikaerus_1941]

You know it's a serious video when Rudy shaved his beard to appear presentable

[@JChalant]

I don't know.....he didn't put on the tie.

[@fsmoura]

it's just dirt that accumulates, it comes off when he takes a bath

[@anakinjulio2003]

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[@bradyzion8041]

@Anakin Julio Instablaster :)

[@anakinjulio2003]

@Brady Zion thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@BenDy3223]

You don't have to give me a disclaimer not to use your financial advice, I can see your sealed Ixalan boxes.

[@saucercrabzero]

Did this comment cost 3 and two red? Because that was a Savage Beating

[@Lucarioguild7]

Dan Bosco Boom roasted

[@fsmoura]

SAVAGE

[@cerewaffle900]

God I love how much you can see Rudy loves doing these KZbin videos, great content as always!

[@moxavenger]

I wish he was my dad.

[@BBradshawProductions]

When MtG stock market crash, do you think people would jump out of their parents' basement?

[@fsmoura]

thats the beauty of basements

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

thats smart

[@lancequek5203]

Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful

[@timfandrei9182]

May 12, 2022 here. Came back to watch old videos as instructed. Did a little rough math. Guilds of Ravnica-$135 From $80 (40k is now 67.2k) up 69% Ravnica Allegiance- $140 From $80 (40k is now 70k) up 75% Challenger Deck 2019- $100 From $75 (20k is now 26.666k) up 33% War of the Spark- $170 From $80 (40k is now 85k) up 113% Modern Horizons $300 From $200 (100k is now 150k) up 50% Gideon’s Spellbook $20 From $20 (2k is now 2k) no change Core 2020- $135 From $80 (40k is now 67.2k) up 69% Commander 2019- $135 From $110 (60k is now 73.8k) up 23% Throne of Eldraine- $135 From $80 (40k is now 67.2k) up 69% Masters & Specialty did not apply (not considering Game Night Investable) So Subtract out 175k from the investment total. 382k invested, current value at 3 years is 609k for an average return of 59% It is not lost on any of us that many of the boxes are up 69% Stay the course

[@sauce777]

You should of flipped the board, and had all the products from 2 years ago, priced out like you just did, but then showed what the current values of all the products is now, and where you made money, lost money, and total profit.

[@mrivera6975]

You gotta be a patron to see that video

[@taniscampbell5452]

This reminded me to become a patron

[@fsmoura]

dont make any rash decisions

[@1Thir13teen3]

Should have*, but yes I would love to see that

[@scrapsteenlifeintheforks1943]

I love the simarities between individual corporate bonds and sealed product. Still learning, thanks for the knowledge.

[@КирилЦанков-в2з]

That guy manages to be both hilarious and serious at the same time :D

[@michaeledwards1644]

if someone invested 600 thousand dollars in Magic cards they would be normally on the brink of insanity

[@fsmoura]

welcome to MTG finance

[@aaronpaolozzi171]

Rudy this video is fantastic! This is exactly the type of conversation I had with my wife before i convinced her to let me budget for box purchases every month. This is there type of serious conversation that needs to be had with people. If you don't have starting capital to begin with, and you debt finance, you will be forced to sell before profit is realized and never get your cycle running! I love it! Make more of these Rudy!

[@sauce777]

If 600K is to much for you which it most likely is, then reduce the numbers by a factor of 10, so now its 60K, if thats to much reduce it again by a factor of 10 now your at 6K, you can start smaller, and slowly grow into larger investments.

[@dexterbutler6610]

Rudy, I want to praise you for this video, and I hope other people do as well. The new format and recent videos have been 11/10. Great job.

[@waltersnider7613]

Rudy , much love for your work and time .. thank you for giving us information !!!

[@thirty8506]

Shaves face, doesn't cut hair. This guy is my spirit animal

[@fsmoura]

_Showered Rudy_ with _Clean Investments_

[@kidscorner8370]

I appreciate these kinds of videos. Yes, please keep doing this format. I will hit the like button and keep watching. Great stuff.

[@rb3537]

Great idea, love it. This actually shows just how committed one has to be to "invest" in MTG sealed product. Keep up these videos please.

[@AdamHaas]

Excellent video Rudy. That level of insight really gives you an idea of how much it costs to invest properly.

[@joshuacrumley2031]

Loved this video! All your content is awesome, but videos like this and your long form stuff is fantastic!

[@name0fnames-j7h]

Magic really does sound like a scam with intrest rates from 7% to 100%

[@guardian2598]

This video was awesome! I enjoyed the whole thing! I’m 36, I collected cards in Alpha but I never saw any of the moxes, but was aware of them. With that said I have played this game for a good while and have watched the market as I merely played to have fun with my friends. Last year I hit a rough patch and had to sell what I had, it wasn’t much, I did have a Mox diamond, but I bought it when it was $25! A Liliana of the Veil, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, 3 Snapcaster Mages, My Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension Shocklands, my playset Of Force Of Wills (alliances, also bought when they were $25!) and a few other goodies. I pulled a good amount of these cards, the Lili and Snapcasters I got from a box of Innistrad my friends and I split 3 ways, and my wife bought me the pack that we pulled Jace from! I fell off the couch when I saw it! Anyways, we come to now, I haven’t looked at Magic because I was pretty heartbroken, I knew I couldn’t really afford to obtain my old cards, especially seeing how much Mox Diamond went up! I decided to invest in newer cards instead of building decks, watching your channel has been refreshing and I was happy when you began to like Modern Horizons. I thought it looked like a stellar set and felt I had made the right call when you said you were wrong about Horizons and it looks really good. I do appreciate your financial advice and I hope you keep your chin up. For one hard luck case you definitely have a made a friend out of me for your content and compassion. Thanks bro.

[@breakingnews33]

All I can say is: WOW. How does this video have so few views?! One of the best you’ve made Rudy. I truly love going back and learning about the fear, the hate, the negativity and how it drives the market. People forget that any market is driven by people, and people are weak, emotional Timmys. 100% serious, btw. Happy to be a patron because I’m always impressed and appreciate the insights.

[@tuesdaynightgaming5626]

That was Awsome vid mate love this style needs to be a bit longer tho 😢 was getting into that

[@Speetlebeetle]

Dang Ruby, this video makes me feel like I’m watch Mad Money with my dad.

[@IamSkuggan]

So holding my two boxes of Ultimate Masters until 2021... check! Thanks Rudy! 👍

[@LN_997]

love the illuminati card game boxes on the shelf

[@davidfitzgerald2142]

Been waiting for something like this for a long time. Would like you to discuss issues like liquidity of shares (trading facilitation), maintaining an accurate market price of the fund (web presence), fee structure and expenses

[@80budokai]

Rudy, awesome video! This release schedule has caused so much wallet fatigue. Enjoy your Wednesday! 💯🙏🙌

[@jmjuggernaut]

Keep this series up! It’s genuinely very interesting, and I don’t even own a single magic card!

[@MrMaxBoivin]

That's simple enough... all I need now is 1.8M$. Oh, and I'm in Canada... so let's double that to 3.6M$.

[@WastedHeretics]

Not anywhere near double

[@MrPeabody67]

Canada is great if you can find store selling at the USD number in CAD. I did that with a few reserve list cards; instant 20% margin minus tax.

[@fsmoura]

lol silly canuck pink money

[@Cosper79]

Rudy: talking Me: Dammmmmn that sealed Illuminati though.

[@silverfox4107]

I feel like these videos are Rudy's equivalent of OJ's "If I Did It" book.

[@PD_EFC]

Fantastic content. I think these types of videos are the best. Thanks for your time and effort to do this Rudy.

[@dmitryche884]

Amazing video, Rudy! Don't focus on the short term (quick views), focus on long term! :) Videos like this are gems that will be viewed in years to come. Just like legendary movie of my generation (The Fight club of David Fincher) - failed at start, but became culutral legend later!

[@polishprince47]

Love these videos from Professor Rudy!! Keep up the good work!! Keep'em coming Rudy!!

[@MrNightmaresinner]

This has been easier to understand then the financial class I took in high school and may more down to earth than the one I took in the army

[@shawnamell1704]

Oh man, my taco is so floppy tight now. Amazing video, I truly enjoyed every minute. That sudden end made me panic for a sec.

[@spam0n0cheese]

I spent 20 minutes eating chicken nuggets and watching Rudy write on a whiteboard. Totally worth it!

[@Akamai.808]

Aloha Rudy! Keep making these videos! You've convinced me to sell off my Tacos and Chimichanga business to buy 500 boxes of Ultimate Liliana Remastered Beta. Mahalo!

[@ricardoblikman2676]

It is alot more then 600k annually. You need to rent storage space and you need to insure your products due to theft fire etc. That will maybe cost 6-10%. Fires rainflooding burglaries do happen

[@saffakanera]

I don't even want to know how much this dude spends on insurance.

[@C0urne]

No need to mention that on the video because it's sole purpose is to get some more patreon money and get a few Timmys to invest in a case of standard boosters.

[@ricardoblikman2676]

@@C0urne I doubt it. Rudy's booster box deals are the cheapest I have seen. I doubt he makes anything on most of the sales or loose if you count the free labour involved. But it's a nice monthly income I guess patrion takes 5% PayPal takes 5% and the irs 22%

[@C0urne]

@@ricardoblikman2676 Yup, it's the delicate balance of having enough patrons that don't buy too much. Selling boxes for a small loss while making up for it on patreon.

[@q......]

You have to look at it from how much does it add to the cost of a box. Storage will not add that much to it unless you are paying out the ass for square footage. Let's take a very secure self storage as an example, very expensive to store things in. 10x10 climate controlled in Jacksonville FL will run you around 75 per month or 900 for the year, so 2,700 for 3 years. Depending on how much you want to access in that 10x10 space the figures will differ but let's say you stack it to the ceiling taking up every single inch you can. The ceilings are around 8ft, but for simplicity's sake let's say we can only fit 15 high which is around 7.5 ft. A case takes up 0.443 cubic ft. The space inside the 10x10 space is roughly 750 cubic ft. That means we should be able to fit around 1,693 cases in that space, but let's just say 1600 or around 708 cubic ft. That's 9,600 booster boxes. So basically it would add roughly 28 cents to the cost of the booster box you want to sell. If you figure all 1600 are standard boxes at roughly 75 per box that's an inventory of 720,000. Depending on a few factors a $1,000 per year policy would cover that, but hell let's say you have something that is making it go up to something insane like 3,000. That's still only 94 cents added to the box price. Storage + insurance in that extreme added just 1.21 to the cost of the booster box, basically less than 2%.

[@BerndosMusic]

Rudy, I'm working at a restaurant and the guy behind the brick oven was telling dishwasher-Timmy about this video. Should I worry?

[@fsmoura]

That means it's probably time to sell.

[@DJFomorian]

Guilds of Ravnica Release date : October 5th not January... Come on Homeless Rudy do your Homeworks :)

[@danh7777]

Lol..I was like whaaa? 😁

[@usmcmoss1]

I think he's assuming you would start you hedge fund inline with standard rotation but starting in 2019....maybe

[@silverlotus9424]

who cares

[@UKinQ8Gaming]

You left your mothers basement to say this?

[@c.stafford2206]

Have always loved these videos Rudy!! Keep them coming

[@Asuna3724]

Really like the longer in depth financial video Rudy!

[@HTXVintageVibes]

I'm interested in what this model would look like over the last 10 years. I would say moved 60% of product after 3 years 20% after 4 and 30% after 5 or move into a rotation similar to the buy style and get a honest number of potential for a period of time. Really cool to look at this from this perspective. Rudy you have enough people who would join a **insert investment app of choice here*** style of investment that this could legitimately be a business model you could follow. Have a structure set up to penalize people for pulling out early almost like a secured deposit. Kinda cool though. Would definitely be interested in something like this. For sure money to be made.

[@ryangreenwald3755]

Commenting to help show support for these type of videos A++ work Rudy!

[@TheDeniedhopedrummer]

These types of videos are my favorite from you. Would love to see more of this/ real world investment advice

[@fabrypotter5]

Love this format, thank you rudy

[@maximus574]

Now this is why I've been watching Rudy since 2016!!! He is truly sharing knowledge of investing. I appreciate your breakdown Rudy. May your taco always be Floppy!

[@BadVideosByBad]

Fantastic video, thoroughly enjoyed your thought process.

[@Ichigorules15]

Hey Rudy I just wanted to say this is a very interesting topic and would love to see more videos like this

[@miketraster9658]

Thanks to your advice and my willful disregard to your disclaimer I've sold all of my beanie babies, my 1995 geo metro, and left kidney to secure my $1.8 million for my 3 years of position. Love the new content!

[@dominicbelleyweb]

I love this kind of video, but you should not dedicate 40% of the screen for shelves. You are talking outside of the picture too often. Glad to see you are in our lefty team :) I don't see how anyone could tie up 1.8M in cash for the 3 years cycle. Even if I wanted to try that, I could never get the money. No one can borrow that kind of cash. I could probably do it but divided by 5 and even that would require a lot of work to find the money.

[@jacobmullins299]

These units would continue to accrue the same way. You could do this with a case.

[@dominicbelleyweb]

@@jacobmullins299 Per unit price will be much higher when buying small quantity. Making the ROI much lower and at the same time increasing the risk greatly.

[@zarfelt1348]

I love these types of videos, while they don't do as well for you I hope your passion for education us timmies continues to drive you to produce these videos.

[@GunWraith]

This was great fun, would love to see more videos in this style!

[@janloydllorada868]

Invest in The Dark Reserved List Cards.

[@seankuhn6633]

Thnx. Good video. I belive that what you say at the end (25+% over 4 years) will needs a longer ripening time for a smaller % each time more people do this... changes based on how many 500box positions are being held what you said at the end of the video is still true but another variable is how many 4 year 500 box plans exist concurrently compared to past demand for a 4year set without a hypothetically unforseenly lrg "investor" position like lorwyn or inistrade which could be used as an indicator of how much more maturation time per return might be expected moving forward ( modern horizons has more playable value than any other set "as intended" ie not urzas saga and if that increases it could change things for the better as in shorter ripening times imho...

[@brigibbs7042]

Keep this shit up man! I love these videos. Bring back card shop life too please!

[@phoeniqs]

YES! MORE LIKE THIS! Anyone can do stupid box openings. Only YOU, RUDY, can provide this kind of insight! THIS is why I'm a patron!

[@aramow]

This has been incredibly informative! Thank you for putting it into perspective.

[@zOrkPT]

I never comment on videos but after earing you say people didn't engage as much on these types of videos, I just came here to tell you I really liked this one. Keep them coming.

[@SDC_BIGTIME]

Long videos like this make me feel like a useful intellectual

[@guardian2598]

I hope you aren’t really getting crap from people for giving sound Magic Investment advice. I only recently subbed and started watching, probably right before Spark dropped. I went back and watched and rewatch your videos. I think it is wonderful that you freely give this advice to everyone!

[@Dr_J_623]

Loved this video. Really cool to get an inside look as to what sort of thought process and money goes into it all

[@Papa_Scialo]

I hope you keep doing videos like this in the future, it's nice to see the reasoning behind magic the gathering as an investment. Especially on a larger scale like this, to possibly use as a model for someone who would invest a lesser amount of their capital

[@JrodVenzel]

This is one of the best videos on the channel. I can’t wait for more. Really interesting to see the thought process behind mtg finance.

[@_mrcrypt]

Great video! Thanks for the info =D You can turn off auto iris and auto focus on locked down shots like this.

[@koreanbbq2376]

I actually like this kind of video. I've recently become interested in how this kind of stuff works and, while not able to financially do any of this, it sets a premise for how MTG just works in general and how you need to have tremendous foresight on what to plan for. Personally from what I've noticed is Commander products see pretty good growth even only a year after release. Maybe do videos based on the non standard products and do more "focused" style videos on what each product brings or high/low points of the year based on wallet fatigue. Such as M series being released shortly after the 4th of July and after sets such as War of the Spark or Dominaria

[@unbanrofellos5786]

This was actually very informational and a good thing for me to learn. Thank you Rudy :)

[@PawzBrownMTG]

I enjoy learning from you RUDY

[@7Alberto7]

Wow,i invest for 4 box every set...40k,40k,20k,100k....bananas you all live in another world But i alwais learn so good info everytime,worth it Very good video thanks for sharing i'll apply your good advice to my small number

[@blindey]

That was my thought too. Working my way up to 4 lol. Really wanna get in on the ravnica sets. Ravnica is so dear to my heart.

[@HaykSaakian]

I know that this video didn't get as many views as box openings and stuff. I just wanted to say that as a business owner and a viewer I appreciate it much more than the regular content. Keep it up , I appreciate it.

[@popfuntoplay]

I like this series, cannot wait until episode 2

[@dr.zombologist4430]

Love these kind of vids that feature the ins and outs. Sort of wish it was just patreon access only.

[@jenskjrchristensen6356]

You forgot 200k for each coming standard sets collector boosters. Thats 800k in 2019, 1.6M in 2020, 1.6M in 2021

[@brettboylen3231]

Please continue making this type of content. I guarantee you this will become popular. You explain things in a way that you literally won't find anywhere else.

[@jayinthedark]

Great video Rudy. Thanks buddy.

[@hurwitz3484]

The whiteboard is a perfect fit for your videos

[@Klarschiff]

love these kind of videos, since there are like only box opening videos lately ;)

[@Allenar4]

One of my favorite videos. More please

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

Shame it cut at the 20 minute mark. I thought it was very interesting though! Please continue the lessons, Rudy!

[@jeremycarman8980]

Bravo! Perfect example Rudy.

[@rapscallion3506]

"Who knows what happened?" True quote to be revisited over and over in the coming years..

[@timathusx]

This was good. I really like it. Please do more of these. WAY better than box opening :D

[@marcuslobley6486]

Please continue these type of vids

[@travisstine7810]

Hell yes! Love this kind of video. Keep it up man!

[@Int00blivion]

Great video. I'm looking forward to seeing historic returns and averages from a couple years. Maybe also the ratio of outlier sets that send you into the red or put you in the black per year. Thanks man, like the serious format.

[@itsthekid9815]

The positives of Rudy videos is the sorry guys you hear after a cut at 10 minutes

[@darinwynder7207]

I scoured the catalog and watched this whole thing,...keep doing these videos Rudy

[@TheHuntersKnife]

Love this idea, wanna see more of these types of videos. Interesting and insightful even if it’s fake as a taco on Tuesday

[@johnbain6383]

wow you're on pallets of purchase while i'm on per box purchase, but logic makes sense, sit on the product for 3 years minimum and then flip, just started magic again and i see horizons doing the flip, thanks for the heads up on the masters set and some mystery set twards the end of the year.

[@JuanFelipeCalle]

I love this video -- it is a little long, and you could have condensed some of your calculations. But please, keep going with the intersection of CCGs and finance!

[@blake.everyday]

Awesome information. It's very interesting to see how much capital is tied up just to start to develop your position.

[@ExecutionerO]

Dude great video. Nice template to study with different genres of card collecting.

[@JordanRCcom]

I don't think this could have any translation to Sports cards because that is very dependent on player real world performance.

[@jetbaker9155]

Rudy, I much prefer the long videos to the short videos. LONG games in magic are entertaining. As long as you keep putting out long videos I'll keep watching them. Sincerely

[@yugiohpokemon5285]

First few seconds looked like a thai lopez ad.

[@jefff6007]

I'm a fan of this video, Rudy. Thanks for the education

[@Garlaanx]

Nice Hypothetical Numbers... So basically.. just double all those numbers and we have Rudy's actual business plan =) GG Boys Great Video as always. Capita is everything

[@Kayzizzle]

That's a great video it's awesome to know how you invest into these products long term.