The prices of LCN stocks are directly influenced by what the player does in single-player Story Mode. During Franklin's series of Assassination Missions, murdering the head of one company will enhance the stock value of a rival. For example, killing corrupt jury members for the Redwood trial increases the value of rival Debonaire's stock.

•The Multi Target Assassination increases the price of Debonaire cigarettes.

•The Vice Assassination increases the price of Fruit.

•The Hotel Assassination increases the price of Betta Pharmaceuticals.

Throughout the game's story, Lester will offer Franklin missions in which he'll have to assassinate a target. These targets have a huge role to play in the companies whose stocks are available to purchase, and their deaths will affect the value of their corresponding stock. Although Lester will often tell Franklin himself, this table clarifies which stock the player should invest in before or after killing their target.

These stocks will rise by a preset maximum percentage over the following 5-10 minutes before swiftly dropping to less than half of that profit and then slowly returning to normal. Keep a close eye & close/reopen the trading pages to stay on top of the price as if you miss it then try to reload the maximum percentage will be greatly reduced - you'll be able to tell this has happened because it will remain at this capped value for far longer than expected, and it will be an even percentage (for example 25% after The Vice Assassination versus up to 50% pre-reload).

Once all assassination missions are exhausted, making money on the stock market is still possible. This can be achieved by predicting trends. Graphs for individual stocks are provided during the purchase process. Before purchasing a stock, study the graph for any distinguishing repetition in patterns, as these can be quite easy to spot, especially for stocks that have a consistent up and down trough-patterned graph as pictured below.

Stocks like this are usually fairly easy to predict. Buy these types of stocks when near the bottom of the trough and try to sell them as close to the top of the trough as possible by visualizing the pattern of previous price movements on the graph. You can usually expect a return of 5-10% guaranteed by using this method. Be warned though, GTA stocks are short-term investments and are extremely volatile. For this reason, you shouldn't place all of your money in any one stock because some will do better than others and some will inevitably go into a sharp decline. Despite the risks, all stocks will eventually at least resurface so you can break even and dump the stock if you are unhappy with its general performance. Certain single-player stocks seem to perform better than others from console to console, try and find out what those good performers might be. Additionally, check out the market movers on the front page of your exchange to see general positive trends, but be warned that purchasing any s…