Can the Good Times Continue for Nintendo?

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TechiTitans is running an article entitled, "Wii and Nintendo are Hot Buys, But Can the Good Times Continue?" The article states:
“I don’t think [Nintendo] is going to double from here, at least for the time being, but this year is going to be quite good,” said Hiroshi Kamide, an industry analyst with KBC Securities. Mr. Kamide has a “buy” rating on the company, which means he expects it to outperform the stock market over the next year. He recently raised his 12-month price target to 52,500 yen. KBC Securities doesn’t have any investment-banking relationship with Nintendo.

Questions for Discussion:
1. What is stock?
2. If you could own a part of a toy company, what company would you want to own? Why?
3. Do you think that the Wii is going to continue to be a popular game system through the end of the summer? Why/why not? What about through the end of 2007? Why/why not? What about through the end of 2011? Why/why not?
4. If you could predict the type of video game that will be popular in 2011 what kind of game will it be? Why do you think this?
5. How does the Wii's popularity contribute to the value of Nintendo?