Friday, December 10, 2010

x'mas gift

For all of you who have not decided what gift to get for your kids. Here is one piece of good advice "Giving stocks to children can be a better gift than just toys". Though depending on what you buy, the gift will be a little on the steep side as oppose to a barbie doll or wii. But you have to take on the risk of sounding like a screw up dad. Imagine if I were to tell my kids, "No sweetie, the barbie doll will depreciate with time. So I have gotten you ETF shares, you will learn to love the time value of money. (: " Might work. Because kids are much easier to cajole. But on Valentine, please do not ever try to say...

"No honey, I didn't get you that diamond ring, I have gotten u some ETF shares instead."

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