Not exact matches
There are a number of online services that will buy one
share of stock from a well - known company and send a genuine
paper stock
certificate to your loved one.
If you currently hold
paper stock
certificates, you can simply go to the broker of your choice and deposit your
paper shares into your account.
Technically, a stock
certificate (which was / is a fancy printed piece of
paper) indicates ownership of some number (typically 100) of
shares of ownership in the company.
One can not buy fractional
shares of stock in a company, and although
paper certificates are no longer issued, each
share is separately identifiable.
First, there's the well - known notion that one shouldn't regard
share certificates as pieces of
paper you hope to dump onto a «greater fool» later, but rather as a prove of ownership in a real - life business.
You could frame that
share (essentially a
paper certificate) on your wall.
These short - term debt securities and money market instruments include:
shares of money market mutual funds, commercial
paper,
certificates of deposit, bankers» acceptances, U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements.