FINANCE MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS
spark a collector’s hobby for yourself and family. Visit Rogers Jones Auctioneers website www.rogersjones.co.uk and check out what they’re selling these days in the way of Welsh Art and Artefacts. The last auction on 6th November had all manner of fabulous lots from Prints, Posters, Water Colours, Oil Paintings, Jewellery, Books, Watches, Sculpture, Furniture, Pottery, Rugby Memorabilia and lots more varying in value from £100 to £40,000. You can watch these sales live on line and bid as you go. Someone picked up an original Kevin Sinnott for a snip at £900. A signed cheque by Richard Burton for 100 dollars sold for £120, work that out! If all else fails there’s always chocolate money!
Well the easy one is give cash but it doesn’t take much thought or creativity. I have in the past given cash to grandchildren in the way of bank notes but cut them in half and told the recipient they can have the other half at Easter if they behave themselves. That’s called a ‘gift with reservation’! Another gift idea would be Premium Bonds. You can’t buy them in the Post Office anymore but they are easy to buy ‘on line’ and the minimum purchase is £100 if you’re feeling generous. First prize is £1,000,000 with two lucky winners every month, I’ve still to meet one. If you’re helping to build wealth then you can open a Junior Stocks & Shares ISA for a child. Money on its own is very sterile PHILIP VAUGHAN the fun here is helping them understand and buy shares and Director at Abacus Assurance track the results. If there’s more than one child then you have a Financial Services Ltd Porthcawl 01656 772222 thriving competition. Educational books on finance could be another step towards helping loved ones get an understanding of what happens in the financial world. Martin Lewis has published such a book called ‘Your Money Matters’ aimed at school children, you can download a copy for free but it’s not as good as the real book. There are lots more if you want to trawl the internet, books like ‘Investing for Dummies’, ‘Stock Market Investing’ for beginners, ‘The Naked Trader’ is a best seller but you won’t go wrong with any books penned by Warren Buffet one of the wealthiest investors ever. You might find buying creative gifts is far more stimulating especially as over time they’ll go up in value and you might just BCBC WE CARE AD SEAS NEWS 10.21.qxp_Layout 1 14/10/2021 13:38 Page 1
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