"The product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup forCoca-Cola®, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced 'excellent' and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was teamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once 'Delicious and Refreshing,' a theme that continues to echo today whereverCoca-Cola is enjoyed."
So, what does that have to do with a babies first birthday gift? Well, let us say that you were invited to a baby shower, or men, your wife was invited to a baby shower. There are billions if not thousands of gifts you can give that a baby will never enjoy (unless you can say that babies enjoy clean diapers). These gifts are fleeting and have no life-long benefit for the child. Now, let's say you buy one share of Coca-Cola stock and explain that this child is not to touch this stock until he or she is 25. What would you have actually given this child?
If I was given one share Coca-cola stock on my first birthday, the giver would have spent about $2.36. A cheap gift. He should have given at least two. Well, maybe two dollars would have been a lot back then, I can't remember. Anyway, last July I would have had 32 shares of Coca-Cola! That would equal $1,610.24. That amount does not include all the dividends that would have been added to each stock. I started calculating it but then realized I was only calculating it for one stock when in reality it would have been for each stock owned at the time. Maybe I'll calculate it later to see how much I actually would have had in July. Anyway, that probably would have been enough to buy my first car (1989 Ford Probe $2,200).
Isn't that a dandy first birthday present? I did not have this idea for my son... however, I do own share in Coca-cola so, perhaps I'll give him one of mine. We'll see what it does in the next 25 years. Right now, unfortunately, I've had it for a little over a year and five months and it's has gained a whopping 1.01% return. But in today's market at least it's positive (unlike Walmart).
Oops, forgot a disclaimer: I own shares of Coca-cola and therefore this blog post may benefit me. I am not recommending, however, that you buy any stock unless you research the stock yourself and bla bla bla. I can not and will not be held responsible for the money you lose or make purchasing any stocks. That being said, Coca-cola has been around since the year 1886, so, you determine if this company know's what it is doing or not. And Coke just tastes good.
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