Cool finance Gift For Kids

[harshalpatel]

Hey everyone,

Been AWOL for awhile, but I found a pretty cool gift to get kids interested in finance.

A company called StockPile sells gift cards at retailers like Wal-Greens, Kroger, Target, etc that are basically stock.
You buy $25 of Apple Stock and when the recipient activates it they get a certain amount of shares.

The gift cards are low cost, $3, and there is no maintenance fee. They have a lot of companies that kids would know like NetFlix, Disney, etc.

I prefer Vanguard indexing list most people here, but I think this is a cool way to get kids into finance and investing.

Here is the review I read about it. http://mommyword.com/giving-the-gift-of-stock/

[djbigp]

I actually used StockPile to help educate my nieces and nephews on investing, and they thought it was pretty cool. I think that it is a great idea to use this company to teach kids and get them interested in finance. To your point, a lot of the companies that participate in this program are ones that kids would know, so it makes education all the more easier.

[StockBeard]

As you mention on your blog, if only they had gift cards for index funds...