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Monthly Archive for March, 2008

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India Market Mar 9

BSE Sensex

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Korea Market Mar 9

KOSPI Composite Index

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Japan Market Mar 9

Nikkei 225

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US Market Mar 9

NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500

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Taiwan Market Mar 9

TSEC weighted index

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Hong Kong Market Mar 9

Hang Seng Index

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An ideal gift for the investor

You received a present. The immediate thought is ‘If only he had just given me the money!’

Recently, I came across this creative gift idea to give share certificate in a frame. The share certificates of traded companies such as Disney, Harley Davidson and Polo Ralph Lauren can be selected from a list of about 60 companies. Your choice of wooden frames can be selected and a message can be engraved. The shares are real money, bought at current traded price.

From the list of companies, I already have some gift ideas, for instance:

Mcdonalds Corporation can be given as a birthday gift to a teenage son as a reminder of his favorite birthday party at Mcdonalds;

An unique wedding gift idea that the bride and groom will treasure is to find a company that the couple can identify with. For example, Harley Davidson is the husband ride one or Disney if they are go there for honeymoon.

Tiffany & Co can be given as a unique unique anniversary gift to the wife as a commitment that soon she will receive that Tiffany ring!

Marvel Enterprise can be given as a unique groomsmen gift if he is a marvel fan!

Apart from relating the company to a special moment, this share certificate has money value that will increase overtime. With a special message, this is one gift that has value in every sense of the word. Parents, loved ones and children will likely see it as a gift where you care about their future, after all, it is an investment.

Singapore Market Mar 2

Straits Times Index

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