Where to buy Disney shares?

devildolly5

Hi all

Hope you can help. I want to buy my nephew a single share of Disney. I have looked at various websites that have been suggested in old posts on here. I tried oneshare.com but it doesn't look like its active anymore.

Has anyone recently bought gift stocks from a US website successfully? Any other options I could try?

Thanks

ChopperST

Disney shares are currently trading at $89.15p on the New York Stock exchange.

See this useful guide from HL - http://www.hl.co.uk/shares/buying-us-listed-shares

vectistim

Oneshare seems to be working for me
https://www.oneshare.com/stock/disney

gkerr4

devildolly5 wrote: »

Hi all

Hope you can help. I want to buy my nephew a single share of Disney. I have looked at various websites that have been suggested in old posts on here. I tried oneshare.com but it doesn't look like its active anymore.

Has anyone recently bought gift stocks from a US website successfully? Any other options I could try?

Thanks

how will your nephew know? - you won't get a certificate or anything - those are things of the past - it would just be showing it to him on a computer screen? might not be the 'best' of gifts.

brendon

gkerr4 wrote: »

how will your nephew know? - you won't get a certificate or anything - those are things of the past - it would just be showing it to him on a computer screen? might not be the 'best' of gifts.

You can request the certificate if you want it, but you'd have to pay the admin fee.

Ifts

gkerr4 wrote: »

how will your nephew know? - you won't get a certificate or anything

Looks like the site the OP (https://www.oneshare.com/stock/disney) was wanting to order from do send you a certificate, but their site is currently undergoing maintenance displaying the following:

The Oneshare Site is currently undergoing maintenance, and we cannot accept orders at this time. We are working on the issue. Please check back later.

racing_blue

iii says $89 per share which is £56, + £10 commission. I think that would be a fantastic present.

Does your nephew already have a share dealing account of some sort, such as a junior shares ISA? If so send his parents £66 and ask them to buy a single Disney share for him. If not then perhaps you could ask if they are willing to open one?

Better still, buy him VWRL at £43.90 giving him a slice of Disney, Apple, Microsoft, Google and all the forest friends

devildolly5

Thanks all for the advice. I know that buying one share is going to be a bit expensive, but I don't mind the costs as it is a unique gift. He does not have a junior shares ISA to my knowledge.

Thanks for the link the HL. I will look into it.

racing blue, thanks for the tip re VWRL, I will look into it.

gkerr4, I wasn't asking for advice on what would be a good present, that is for me to decide, but how I could buy a share of Disney. I am aware that certificates are redundant and was planning on knocking up my own one as a token so he has something to hang on his wall if I couldn't get one sent.

gkerr4

devildolly5 wrote: »

Thanks all for the advice. I know that buying one share is going to be a bit expensive, but I don't mind the costs as it is a unique gift. He does not have a junior shares ISA to my knowledge.

Thanks for the link the HL. I will look into it.

racing blue, thanks for the tip re VWRL, I will look into it.

gkerr4, I wasn't asking for advice on what would be a good present, that is for me to decide, but how I could buy a share of Disney. I am aware that certificates are redundant and was planning on knocking up my own one as a token so he has something to hang on his wall if I couldn't get one sent.

sorry - i didn't mean to sound like i did. Of course it is for you to decide. A certificate would have been a very good present - i know my daughters (7&10) would have liked it also.

sorry.

Niv

Had a quick look for you regarding it being for a gift, its a USA site but you may still be able to buy from it - you get a nice certificate this way:

http://disneystock.com/

or here:

http://www.giveashare.com/