Why does my money disappear in the GTA V stock exchange?
I recently watched a video showing me that if I ignored all of Lester's assassination missions until after the big score, I could make a ton more money. The first step after the big score was to invest all of the money you had into Debonaire Cigarettes, which should give you a huge return after you complete Lester's next assassination mission. I put all 41 million dollars I had into Debonaire, and it all disappeared. It said my portfolio was empty, and I only had $68 left. Luckily I turned auto save off, but can someone explain this to me? The only thing I can think of is that this is rockstars way of telling people not to exploit the stock market. ( Playing on Xbox One)
Best Answer
Exploiting the stock market is Rockstar's intended design choice when Lester's assassination missions, and is also why Lester tells you what companies are going to be affected by the assassinations.
Stock market portfolios are not shared between characters. It is possible you swapped characters between making the investments and reviewing the profits. While character Franklin has $500,000 invested in Debonaire, Trevor does not. It is also possible you are looking at the wrong investment portfolio as there are two portfolios: LCN and BAWSAQ. Looking at the LCN portfolio will not show you investments made in the BAWSAQ portfolio.
Another potential reason is that you invested in the wrong company. You might have unwittingly put your stock into Redwood while thinking it was Debonaire Cigarettes. Unlikely, but not impossible; you could have tanked your own shares and now can only be recovered for a fraction of it's original value.
Lastly, you may have encountered a glitch. Rockstar games have a solid reputation for producing glitch-free in comparison to, say, Bethesda Softworks but that does not mean it can't happen. Other players have reported losing their investment money while playing Lester's assination missions. It could be possible it happened to you too. In this case, your only options are to load from saved game, check for any available updates, restart your console and hope for the best. Sorry about that...
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Why Did My stock disappear on GTA 5?
If you haven't already auto saved, you can go to your GAME settings >then go to LOAD GAME>then go to the last time you AUTO SAVED. If this puts you back to around 30 mil, then go to the debonair stock and only buy about 5 stocks, those will disappear, but after that you can invest in it all you want.How do I get my money back in GTA 5?
How To Request a Rockstar Refund via WebsiteHow long should I hold stocks GTA 5?
Wait two days by sleeping in the game and sell stocks at a massive return before they drop. Post-mission: Invest in Vapid stocks and wait two in-game days then sell the stocks for a high return. You should now be rich beyond your wildest dreams.How does the stock exchange work in GTA 5?
The Stock Market in Grand Theft Auto V operates with the same goal as real life stock trading: Buy low and sell high in order to turn a profit. The value of stocks are affected by various things including story progress, in-game purchases and with some stocks, other players.GTA 5 Stock Market Fix!
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