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10 Ways to Invest in New Beatlemania

Happy Labor Day! Hope you're having bright sunshine and few clouds as we enjoy the end of summer. It's thunderstorms here in the Bluegrass so I'm not tempted to go outside. You're the lucky beneficiaries of the storm since I'm cooped up in the house, you get a few pearls of wisdom, or just a few interesting items I've come across over the weekend. This one is a bit off our normal subjects but since we're going to be haring more and more about The Beatles in the coming weeks, I thought I would pass it along. So, here it is, courtesy of Smart Money, 10 ways to invest in the new Beatlemania:

1. Electronic Artts (ERTS): Publisher of The Beatles: Rock Band and, of course, the video game industry's leading seller, Madden 10

2. Remastered CDs: The entire Beatles catalogue is being released as remastered CDs; this may not be financially profitable but it will certainly make for more enjoyment than what we have been listening to for years.

3. Hain Celestial Group (HAIN): Has rights to the Linda McCartney line of vegetarian frozen foods - both Linda and Paul were/are vegetarians.

4. Sony (SNE): Owns 50%, Michael Jackson's estate owns the other 50%, of the publishing rights to The Beatles' catalogue.

5. Disney (DIS): Owns rights to the Yellow Submarine film and is in discussions to do remake in 3-D.

6. Apple (AAPL): Think iTunes not The Beatles publishing company. Rumor has it that The Beatles songs will finally be released on iTunes sometime in 2010, George's individual work is due out this fall.

7. Beatles memorabilia: New interest generated by the video game should drive prices for memorabilia; the white suit John wore on the Abbey Road cover sold for $117,000 a couple of years ago.

8. The Dakota: yes, that apartment building in NYC where John and Yoko lived. Four apartments are for sale ranging in price from $5.9 million to 18.5 million. It has a great view of Central Park.

9. Material World Foundation: George founded this charity in 1973.

10. Their instruments: Replicas will be sold for use with Rock Band: The Beatles and as gamers become musicians, sales of real instruments will increase.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).