Disney Stock?

[FLAngie]

DH and I decided to buy the kids Disney stock for Christmas. We were looking at purchasing a share through oneshare.com so they could get the certificate to hang (I would frame it myself). It will cost about $100.

Then I saw that I can invest directly with Disney through their direct stock purchase plan. It is $250 for the initial investment which will buy approx. 7 shares. I 'think' I can get one of the stock certificates to frame still- I would need to leave a minimum of 5 stocks in the account. Has anyone done this? Does it sound right?

Anyone have any other recommendations, options or info I should know about?

TIA

 

[CSwan1]

I am interested in this as well. OP, hope you don't mind me joining in to hear the answers!

 

[sceavis]

I have not done this yet planning on it very soon but yes you are right on how it works.On the 250 dollar investment you can do it one of two ways.You can pay it all upfront or have 50 taken out of a checking account a month.Once the 250 goal is made you can stop the payments or continue to make payments and buy more stocks.Also every year your stock dividends will be re invested as well.If you want a stock certificate I think you need you need to request for one in writing.One last thing there is a shareholders meeting that happens every year you can go to the meeting and share your thoughts on how things are going with the company.

 

[Lex33]

Check out mousesavers.com. There is a $10 off per share if you purchase through oneshare with the code MOUSESAVERS.

 

[stout]

We did this for our DD a few years ago when stock prices were around $20 per share. Invested $250, plus the $5 account fee. At that time you could get a certificate, but it had to be a minimum of 10 shares for the certificate.

 

[Plumeria9]

I purchased 50 shares about 2 1/2 yrs ago when Disney stock tanked at $17.50/share. I am kicking myself for not buying more. Our shares are held at a brokerage, so it is quite different than buying directly from Disney. When I heard that the annual stockholder meeting was going to be in my town last March, on that day, I was beside myself. I tried calling Disney Investor Services (DIS) because I hadn't received any information on it. We had owned the stock for over a year at that point. Anyway, it was a dead end to talk to DIS because the shares aren't held w/ them. Curious to find out if it is better to buy directly from DIS. I doubt if I could get an actual certificate because of where my shares are held.
The upside is that now that I am a shareholder I have a "reason" to know what is going on with "my" company. LOL!

 

[queenbetsey]

We purchased a share through oneshare.com after years of hearing how we should own stock in that place by folks who just don't "get it" when we gush about disney/ We used a discount code from mousesavers.com news letter. yeah it was around 100 bucks but the cert is way cool and framed. we did this for our anni last jan. I was unaware about purchasing from disney but will consider it for the future

 

[NJtoATL]

bump

 

[DCPrincess]

DH and I decided to buy the kids Disney stock for Christmas. We were looking at purchasing a share through oneshare.com so they could get the certificate to hang (I would frame it myself). It will cost about $100.

Then I saw that I can invest directly with Disney through their direct stock purchase plan. It is $250 for the initial investment which will buy approx. 7 shares. I 'think' I can get one of the stock certificates to frame still- I would need to leave a minimum of 5 stocks in the account. Has anyone done this? Does it sound right?

Anyone have any other recommendations, options or info I should know about?

TIA

Ouch! With how the market has been doing, oneshare needs to adjust their prices. Disney (NYSE: DIS) closed today at $31.28 / share. I would pick an online brokerage, buy the stock, and print out your own certificate for the kids!

I happen to use TD ameritrade, but with any brokerage as long as you own the stock you can listen in on their conference calls and attend share holder meetings if you so desire.

Hope that helps!

 

[FLAngie]

Ouch! With how the market has been doing, oneshare needs to adjust their prices. Disney (NYSE: DIS) closed today at $31.28 / share. I would pick an online brokerage, buy the stock, and print out your own certificate for the kids!

I happen to use TD ameritrade, but with any brokerage as long as you own the stock you can listen in on their conference calls and attend share holder meetings if you so desire.

Hope that helps!

Are there any benefits to invest with TD ameritrade over going directly with Disney? I saw ING was offering $50 but their fees were higher.

 

[Disneychix]

Ouch! With how the market has been doing, oneshare needs to adjust their prices. Disney (NYSE: DIS) closed today at $31.28 / share. I would pick an online brokerage, buy the stock, and print out your own certificate for the kids!

I happen to use TD ameritrade, but with any brokerage as long as you own the stock you can listen in on their conference calls and attend share holder meetings if you so desire.

Hope that helps!

Oneshare does sell the stock at fair price-but it's all the extras:the framed certificate, the engraving, and the processing fee that pushes it up to the $100 point.

 

[DisneyaholicRaquel]

I'm interested in doing this directly thru Disney....where do I call or is there a website?

 

[FLAngie]

http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/howto_invest.html

 

[DisneyaholicRaquel]

http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/howto_invest.html

Thanks!!!!

 

[dhardawa]

It would be really fun to have the stock certificates, but WOW, talk about fee after fee after fee.

 

[DCPrincess]

It would be really fun to have the stock certificates, but WOW, talk about fee after fee after fee.

Yep! Since this is the "budget board" I wanted to make sure people knew the actual price of the stock - even cheaper today at less than $30. Given the age of the child they probably won't know the difference in a certificate that you make at home or one that costs $70.

I don't see any downside to buying through Disney, except that you have to make a minimum purchase whereas other places you can buy one share if that is all you want.

Also, in the long run it is much easier to have it electronically rather than paper certificates to keep in a safe deposit box, remember the cost basis in case you ever want to sell them, update your address for tax forms etc. (yep Uncle Sam wants a cut of the dividends you receive - the last dividend Dis announced was $0.40 / share.)

And you will have a place for you or your child to purchase a different stock at a later date or a place to combine what you already may own.

 

[CSwan1]

Thanks for the info! I can't wait to check it out!

 

[elwise1966]

I purchased a certificate through Oneshare quite a few years ago. Beautiful certificate and well framed. Worth every penny, but I think it was only around $75 back then.
Only bought 1 share just for the certificate and receive all the notices regarding stockholder meetings and such. Also get my miniscule dividend check