Stock/Share in Disney for Granddaughter

[Sanderspooh]

Hoping for some advice for easiest way to purchase a Stock Share in Disney for my granddaughter's 1st birthday. It's not until November, but since I know nothing about buying Stock, I thought I'd give myself plenty of time to research. Thank you for any and all helpful information I will receive.

 

[DonnerB]

The easiest way will probably just be through your own brokerage account or app (Robinhood).

A Google search resulted in this website to buy directly from Disney:
http://www.disneyshareholder.com/
There is a link on the site to buy a collectible certificate proving ownership (per report, this is an extra $50).

 

[georgina]

There is a newish company called Stockpile that lets you buy small amounts for 99¢ per trade. I don't know a whole lot about them but you could research it. You can set up a custodial account through them (an adult has to be on it)

 

[pklein09]

My Nana did this for my children...her great-grandchildren. She had an account already with Edward Jones, and she purchased the shares through them. Kids are now in their 20s, and Edward Jones still holds the shares. The first 2 kids had their shares split 3 for 1, and the other two sets of shares have stayed put.

 

[Sanderspooh]

My Nana did this for my children...her great-grandchildren. She had an account already with Edward Jones, and she purchased the shares through them. Kids are now in their 20s, and Edward Jones still holds the shares. The first 2 kids had their shares split 3 for 1, and the other two sets of shares have stayed put.

Thank you. I do not have an account, but will keep this in mind as an option. Thanks for the response!

 

[starry_solo]

There are actually sites that specialize in just one share. I got one share years ago (I think the last year they issues real stock certificates). I should have opened a brokerage account and bought more when the prices were low, lol.

See:
https://www.giveashare.com/and
https://uniquestockgift.com/
You pay more than the stock price due to the framing.

But you can always get it through your brokerage and buy the collectible stock certificate from Disney's brokerage here:
https://disney.computershare.com/
and frame it yourself

 

[Sanderspooh]

There are actually sites that specialize in just one share. I got one share years ago (I think the last year they issues real stock certificates). I should have opened a brokerage account and bought more when the prices were low, lol.

See:
https://www.giveashare.com/and
https://uniquestockgift.com/
You pay more than the stock price due to the framing.

But you can always get it through your brokerage and buy the collectible stock certificate from Disney's brokerage here:
https://disney.computershare.com/
and frame it yourself

Thank you so much!! A lot of Great info for me to check into! I really don't know anything about Stocks, I don't have a Broker. But I Really Appreciate you heading me in the right direction of what to search and read about. Thank you!!!

 

[tvguy]

There is a link on the site to buy a collectible certificate proving ownership (per report, this is an extra $50).

Yes, Disney stopped issuing stock certificates years ago. You have to buy one of these commemorative certificates at extra cost to get a paper certificate. I can see why because it had to be costing Disney a lot of money because so many people were buying one share just like OP. We bought our Disney stock 33 years ago, and the certificates were almost a work of art. I bought a whopping 10 shares.....for $1,100. Thanks to splits over the years that is now 120 shares worth over $12,000. That is down sharply since disney stock is only $102 now.

 

[Heather07438]

This is Disney stock today. Anybody know why it shows as dropped down to 55 for 15 minutes around 5:30pm?

It seems to be staying around 95 so far; when it goes lower others buy it back up.