Imagine the look on your loved ones face Christmas morning when they tear open your lovingly wrapped present and set their gaze upon … mutual fund shares.

Huh?

Chuck Jaffe gets into that issue this week, with his column focusing on how giving shares in funds for gifts actually works.

The MarketWatch scribe notes that while gift giving programs were popular with fund companies a few years ago, those have mostly died out, along with funds designed to be given to children.

If you want to see just what advice Jaffe gives to potential mutual fund Santas, read the whole column here. 

Edited by: Ben Geier


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