Who owns Disney stock?

[EDuke98080]

We own stock bought right after 9/11 - still up from our purchase price. Holding onto it and may buy a little more too. We'll see what happens... DVC membership had nothing to do with stock purchase when we made that decision. We too are not looking at our retirement accounts. Don't need em now and plenty of time to left to grow.

 

[cpdwiz]

Are you watching it? Do you think this is a good time to buy Disney stock? Will it go lower? higher?

Did you own Disney stock before or after you bought into DVC? I just bought into DVC this year and now am looking at buying Disney stock. Has anyone else done this?

a OneShare of Disney years ago...since it went low, I ended up buying 10 shares from Scotts Trade. THEN, I transferred them to Disney, and now own 11. Now, I can send Disney $100 at a whack and buy direct from them. Someone had once said there are perks?? But, you have to own 10 to be "official"

 

[stopher1]

I've owned a few shares since the '90s, long before joining DVC. The # number has fluctuated through the years getting as high as 100 or so, but over the years got down to about 20 .... I haven't looked at any stock stuff for months, not wanting to get frustrated and such.

 

[SamSam]

I bought Disney Stock years ago, back when there were perks to owning stock. Got to enjoy the 3-1 split that happened in the late 90's, and now I just don't check any of my stocks. Dh and I are in the market for the long haul and believe that 10 years from now this terrible downturn will be a distant memory.
As far as buying Disney Stock now, if I had cash laying around.....I would buy.

 

[aDVCguy]

How sad that he couldn't take advantage of the Cooper Union admission. It is an incredible place. Did you know that they don't charge anyone? If you are able to get in then you get a free ride...it's the getting in that's so very difficult! He must have been amazingly talented to get admitted at 15!

CraftyMouse, thanks for the kind words...he was very
good at drawing and watercolors...sad of 4 children, not
one of us had his talents...oh, well!

 

[DisFlan]

I bought Disney Stock years ago, back when there were perks to owning stock. Got to enjoy the 3-1 split that happened in the late 90's, and now I just don't check any of my stocks. Dh and I are in the market for the long haul and believe that 10 years from now this terrible downturn will be a distant memory.
As far as buying Disney Stock now, if I had cash laying around.....I would buy.

We bought a small amount back in the '80s for the same reason - you used to get discounts and other goodies at WDW if you owned stock. We've watched it go up, down and split, but we mostly just ignore it. We'll continue to sit on it.

DisFlan

 

[minnierealtor]

We bought Disney stock after DH and I visited in the late 90's. We had such a good time I wanted to do something besides just have pictures and sweatshirts. I called our stock broker about a week after returning home. I don't remember what we paid. We didn't buy DVC until 2000. Disney pays ok dividends and we don't anticipate selling in the near future. We are also in the market for the long haul and I think most good companies such as Disney will weather the storm. Sometimes I think we should sell the Disney stock (pre-crash) and buy more DVC points but we only have so much vacation time to use DVC. I have found that I am not opening our 401k statements when they come in the mail because we are not planning on retirement for at least 10 years so I don't need to stress myself out.

 

[Mtnman44]

I'm far from an expert but I believe that in general, the smart people buy in the down markets.

The dumb amatuers (like me and a lot of us), buy more in the good markets and sell when things are down.

The stock market is a long term investment. you should look at it in 20 year blocks, not year to year. For example. We all think this year is about the crappiest we've seen for a while. The worst off people would be those who are retiring very soon and still had all their money in the market right? They've "lost most of it" right? Ok, so let's say this month I need to retire and pull my money out of the market. If I started investing 20 years ago, just for example, the DOW was at about 2,114 in November 1988. Using that simple index, you are still way better off than simply dumping your money into a 3% savings account.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Assuming a prolonged finanical downturn...which looks inevitable.....disney shares will probably bottom out somewhere around 15-16 a share....in my estimation.

It will take a dip in January and February because the holiday consumer numbers are going to be absolutely horrific.....disney will takes some hits as well....

If the economy takes an upturn and gets back to boom levels in a few years.....it will get back to somewhere around 30-35...barring major advances or setbacks....

my advice: buy it in a few months and then forget about it.....it will yield money over the longterm....but disney is not volatile enough to provide a short term gain or loss...

i bought some shares (what i could spare) as an employee in 2002 when it was offered to us at around $12.00.....sold it two years ago at 33.......not bad for a low wage cog in the corporate machine....

 

[Inkmahm]

I own stock in Disneyland Paris. There, you belong to a shareholders club for free if you own at least 20 shares. The card gives you discounts on meals, etc. in the parks in Paris.

 

[JasonDVC]

one I have the certificate for from oneshare - love the way it looks

What do you mean? How did you get it? Can you still get one?

 

[BWV Dreamin]

What do you mean? How did you get it? Can you still get one?

Go to www.mousesavers.com and you can get the detail on how to purchase one. I think they have the link right on the site.

 

[snyderla]

Proud owner of 1 beautifully framed share!

 

[JasonDVC]

Go to www.mousesavers.com and you can get the detail on how to purchase one. I think they have the link right on the site.

I did not see the link

 

[OneMoreTry]

I'm not sure how many shares I own, but the value is down 40% this year. I don't regret keeping it -- because it is a piece of the magic (ooooo), but worst case scenerio for Disney is further drop this year, not because of long term prospects, but due to investor decisions that short-term use of capital is best transferred to bond funds or commodities, although commodities have been even worse than Disney for the past few mos.

I do regret keep a lot of my other mutual funds.

 

[disney0210]

i know there's oneshare.com but they only sell one share at a time, right? if one wanted to buy 10 shares, where can that be done?

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

i know there's oneshare.com but they only sell one share at a time, right? if one wanted to buy 10 shares, where can that be done?

I buy mine through www.etrade.com but I have my IRA account with them-not sure if you have to open some type of account with them to make a purchase. Oh, I should add...you don't get the cutsie stock certificate with them. As far as I know, One Share was the only one that did those. I got my kids the One Share certificates years ago just to have them. They also got Pixar, which was converted to Disney about two years ago-that was a cool and now collectible certificate to have.

 

[browniemtb]

i know there's oneshare.com but they only sell one share at a time, right? if one wanted to buy 10 shares, where can that be done?

Any online broker....TDAmeritrade, Scottrade, ETrade......I sold all our Disney stock at $34 just before things hit the fan. Made a pretty good return % wise....I think now would be a good time to dive back in, it closed today below $20 which is rare for Dis stock.

I also bought a framed certificates from Oneshare.com, both my girls have them hanging in their bedrooms. The certificate is very nice with Walt and the characters....

 

[nunzia]

i know there's oneshare.com but they only sell one share at a time, right? if one wanted to buy 10 shares, where can that be done?

I buy through Sharebuiler. Simple, low fees.

 

[gk90]

I did not see the link

Here's the direct link for the stock certificate offer at mousesavers. We bought one last year as a gift for my SIL and it looks great hanging on their wall. Also buy the frame from oneshare--their frames are very reasonable considering the quality you get. I ordered one unframed thinking I could pick up an economy frame but they're not a standard size. I looked into having it custom framed at AC Moore and even with a 50% discount the framing came to $60+.

http://www.mousesavers.com/merchandise.html#stock

Also Disney stock is one in a category that makes it easy to buy--I don't remember what this type of stock is called but you don't need to go through a broker to buy it.