09-10-2016, 07:02 PM
Dunno about some of it..
If you were looking to buy a single share of stock, best bet is specialty companies like giveashare.com or oneshare.com... You buy a share and they have it printed and registered with the company in your name - and you own it... Suitable for framing.
UNFORTUNATELY... Some companies have stopped issueing actual stock certificates, and Apple is one of them... Just a few years ago, they stopped issueing phyical shares. Until then, you could buy a single share on oneshare.com.
I gave one of my neices a single framed share of Disney, and the other neice a share of Hershey... They both get shareholder reports, and dividends. Well, I don't remember if Disney pays dividends or not.. Hershey does.
Stockbrokers CAN request physical stock certificates, but most won't.. It's a pain in their ass.
If you have a good one, and want to give some shares on certificates as gifts, and you have a broker that are chummy with... See what he can do in exchange for a bottle of whatever he drinks (for the trouble) and whatever fees there are. Oneshare (et al) may be more practical though...
If you were looking to buy a single share of stock, best bet is specialty companies like giveashare.com or oneshare.com... You buy a share and they have it printed and registered with the company in your name - and you own it... Suitable for framing.
UNFORTUNATELY... Some companies have stopped issueing actual stock certificates, and Apple is one of them... Just a few years ago, they stopped issueing phyical shares. Until then, you could buy a single share on oneshare.com.
I gave one of my neices a single framed share of Disney, and the other neice a share of Hershey... They both get shareholder reports, and dividends. Well, I don't remember if Disney pays dividends or not.. Hershey does.
Stockbrokers CAN request physical stock certificates, but most won't.. It's a pain in their ass.
If you have a good one, and want to give some shares on certificates as gifts, and you have a broker that are chummy with... See what he can do in exchange for a bottle of whatever he drinks (for the trouble) and whatever fees there are. Oneshare (et al) may be more practical though...