Anyone remembers Pres. Trumps IPO "disaster"

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When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.

He tried; he failed; he tried again and again and again. That's one determined bru, Penny.



Greg
 
He is really living off the taxpayers now, no denying he wanted to be fully dependent and now he is. He can fly for free, eat for free, and make his own laws and have congress and his people in the cabinet do whatever he says.

I think his life and the family fortune depended on him becoming Pres. I suspect he flew into Washington on fumes, and borrowed fumes, if not let him prove it.
 
He is really living off the taxpayers now, no denying he wanted to be fully dependent and now he is. He can fly for free, eat for free, and make his own laws.

Sounds good to me. 'Cept of course that is a CONSEQUENCE for any president. I like his Laws so far though I would add Gaza and the West Bank.

Greg
 
Penny; some things about Trump. I HATED The Apprentice; I loathe his "you're fired" and I was very glad when an Aussie lass won the Miss Universe Pageant. But I really don't give a damn about the personalities. I care about the Policies and frankly Trump's seem fine. I just can't trust the Dems to introduce the policies they run with many of which I don't like.

Greg
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.
What return for their risky speculative investents did Trump promise them?
 
If only the Left media vetted Obama like they do Trump. The nation wouldn't have had to endure 8 long years of corruption, criminality, and lies.
 
What return for their risky speculative investents did Trump promise them?[/QUOTE]

What do you think? Same stuff he ran on, lies , and they loss their shirt, and he pocketed their money. You voted for a scam artist.
 
If only the Left media vetted Obama like they do Trump. The nation wouldn't have had to endure 8 long years of corruption, criminality, and lies.

What corruption , criminality and what lies?
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.

Some IPOs fail. So?
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.

He tried; he failed; he tried again and again and again. That's one determined bru, Penny.



Greg

Trouble is Greg...he used other peoples money in his Failures....so by your anology sic as long as you are Determined(with others Cash)...that is some how?????O.K to be a FAILURE.!!!!!!!!steve
 
He is really living off the taxpayers now, no denying he wanted to be fully dependent and now he is. He can fly for free, eat for free, and make his own laws.

Sounds good to me. 'Cept of course that is a CONSEQUENCE for any president. I like his Laws so far though I would add Gaza and the West Bank.

Greg
I reckon Dons complete Empire is a Pack of Cards owned due to Loans owed by other people....let's face it,you were sucked in(and will be sucked out) by the Best Ever Snake Oil Salesman...Fact....you will see....steve
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.
I wonder what caliber gun he used to force those people to invest? It's the risk and rewards of the stock market. I'm surprised that this is even an issue with you, other than being a hack. If laws were broke, I could see your point, if not....it was just a bad investment. The market is is full of them, can't take the heat? Best thing to do is get your 1% in the FDIC saving account.
 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.
/---- When Libtards try and fail they give up after the first try. They blame someone else and sulk away whimpering NO FAIR NO FAIR.
 
I read that 4 or 5 of 6 bankruptcies of Trump companies have involved gaming. Like most other politicians, there some things I agree with him on and some I don't. About his economic plan, I think he states the truth here about wages being too high. With labor being nothing more than a commodity our manufacturing base isn't going to make us a "winner", especially if its dependent on tariffs. If we're going to win I'd much rather place my bet on a future built on sciences, medicine and technology.

 
When the dust finally cleared from the wreckage, in 2005, those who had backed Trump found they’d lost about 90 cents on the dollar. That was when the creditors — again — had to step in and take charge, and force the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts lost money every single year that Trump ran it as a public company. Net losses of $13 million in 1995 ballooned to $134 million by 1999, and $191 million in 2004. Not even his chosen accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (of Enron fame), could have hidden all the red ink. In total, from 1995 through 2004, the company booked total losses of $647 million.

Trump had complete control — both as the chairman and as the owner of a special class of stock that carried many more votes than those he sold to the public. He even gave the company his initials, DJT, as its stock ticker symbol.

Its debts mounted, the stock collapsed — and in the end, the creditors had had enough. The courts stepped in, the company had to go through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, and The Donald ended up with a largely ceremonial role — sort of like the guy in the costume welcoming you to Caesar’s Palace. By April 2004, someone who had invested a notional $100 in the IPO was left with about $10.

And it wasn’t like you could blame wider troubles in the industry, the economy or the stock market. Over the same period, investors in competitor Harrah’s Entertainment more than doubled their money. Investors in luxury hotel, casino and resort companies like Starwood and MGM earned returns of more than 400%. Even the plain old stock market index more than doubled.

Donald Trump was a stock market disaster

I do , it was a big thing, many make big money on an IPO, and then down , down they go, go , go. Glad I new better to invest. Seems everything he touches turns to , well lets just say he does not seem to have the Midas Touch. Looks can be deceiving.

He tried; he failed; he tried again and again and again. That's one determined bru, Penny.



Greg

Trouble is Greg...he used other peoples money in his Failures....so by your anology sic as long as you are Determined(with others Cash)...that is some how?????O.K to be a FAILURE.!!!!!!!!steve

Just like Romney.
 
He is really living off the taxpayers now, no denying he wanted to be fully dependent and now he is. He can fly for free, eat for free, and make his own laws.

Sounds good to me. 'Cept of course that is a CONSEQUENCE for any president. I like his Laws so far though I would add Gaza and the West Bank.

Greg
I reckon Dons complete Empire is a Pack of Cards owned due to Loans owed by other people....let's face it,you were sucked in(and will be sucked out) by the Best Ever Snake Oil Salesman...Fact....you will see....steve

Could be but hey; so far so good. I want to see the conservatives at each others THROATS ripping out carotids until they get what's best for America!!

Greg
 
I read that 4 or 5 of 6 bankruptcies of Trump companies have involved gaming. Like most other politicians, there some things I agree with him on and some I don't. About his economic plan, I think he states the truth here about wages being too high. With labor being nothing more than a commodity our manufacturing base isn't going to make us a "winner", especially if its dependent on tariffs. If we're going to win I'd much rather place my bet on a future built on sciences, medicine and technology.


He should take a 50% pay cut then
 

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