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Do you have a passionate investor on your holiday shopping list?
Americans are starting to invest at a younger age than ever before. And many investors, young and old, are taking a more active interest in their investments, whether in 401(k) retirement accounts or Robinhood or other brokerage accounts.
We know, we know, a gold bar might be at the top of their list. But we have some other, more affordable ideas for you to consider.
Does your intended need to be in the know at all times? The Glance LED Ticker spares them consistent look-ups by consolidating everything—stock and crypto updates, sports scores, weather, news—into a single display.
After a quick and easy setup, they can customize the 50-plus apps and messaging to their hearts’ desire.
The ticker is available in three sizes (8″ x 4″, 10.5″ x 5.5″ and 13″ x 7″), all with the same functionality.
Or, maybe you’re giving to someone who’s all crypto all the time. Here’s a focused gift just for them.
CryptoTicr displays up-to-the-minute cryptocurrency prices 24/7 for any of the top 1,000 coins.
At 1.35 x 1.5 x 1.55 inches, it won’t require much room on a desktop. Its retro minimalist look pairs with a bright and brilliant, razor-crisp 1.54″ display, featuring a 240×240 pixel resolution IPS display panel. The brightness is adjustable.
Everything you need is built in along with free perpetual access to the ticker’s data feed. There are no subscriptions, fees or accounts involved.
Keeping an eye on investments is one thing. The investor in your life may need some additional hardware to chase down data on potential or current investments, do analysis and even trade.
When traveling, for example, and away from the multiple-monitors they may be accustomed to, your investor may need to extend what they can see and do on their laptop. For that they’d use the Trio Laptop Monitor.
The Trio can be attached to a laptop via a kickstand or magnets and connected to the display—turning a single laptop view into a three-screen view. It can be folded back into place and out of the way when it’s not needed.
The trio monitor is available in three sizes: 12.5″, 13.3″ and 14.1″.
Investing has its own aesthetic and at the heart of it are the bull and bear. Furnish your investor’s office with this homage. It’s available in large (15.75 x 4.33 x 6.10 inches) and small (11.02 x 3.15 x 4.53 inches) and in gold and bronze.
The best investing books of 2025
Investors need to be in the present, but the best investors also appreciate the edge that comes with continuous learning and reading. This year has seen the publication of several excellent books capable of elevating your investor’s game by deepening their understanding, whether of history, markets or other investors.
Written by New York Times journalist and co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box and leveraging unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a riveting, highly acclaimed narrative history of the 1929 market collapse.
Morgan Housel's latest book explores how your relationship with money shapes your decisions—and how to reshape it so money works for you. The book builds on his earlier The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever works, which also were highly acclaimed.
Written by Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and cohost of Squawk on the Street, this book published in September became an instant best-seller. The book is "a guide to overcoming your fear about investing, to be able to make bigger money with what you have, no matter how small—in any market."
Written by Barry Ritholtz, media commentator and co-founder and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management (sponsor of influential The Compound media network), offers a few simple tools and models that will help you avoid the most common mistakes people make with their money.
Many investors are eager to learn as much as they can from the wit and wisdom of Warren Buffett, whose essays with lessons for corporate America was published just a few years ago. It’s reported to be the book this famed investor autographs most and likes best.
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If your investor is listening to the Animal Spirits or other podcasts produced by The Compound Network, surprise them with a t-shirt, hat or mug from The Compound merchant shop.
Or how about a Compound Hawaiian shirt made by Tropical Bros. Ten percent of sales of the shirt go to No Kid Hungry to help end childhood hunger.
Invest in some investing classics
You may/may not be surprised how many investors like to spend their down time playing Monopoly. It’s a proven way to simulate growing an empire.
This is the classic board game with a few requested upgrades. The monopoly money, title deeds, houses and hotels all are now organized in a banker’s tray with a lid. While the tokens are still metal and the same themes (Scottie Dog, Hazel the Cat, Racecar, Top Hat, Thimble, Rubber Ducky, Penguin, and Sack of Money), they’re larger.
Then again, as a turbulent 2025 draws to a close, your investor may want nothing more than to put their feet up and watch a good movie in their favorite genre. Help build their collection with these affordably priced classic titles.
New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller, played by Richard Gere, is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed.
Inspired by the Michael Lewis bestseller, this film was hailed for how it blended documentary-style devices, celebrity cameos and experimental editing to explain the complex financial story of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and borrower defaults.
This documentary chronicles one of the greatest scandals in American corporate history. It draws on a wealth of insider interviews and archival material to show how Enron, once the nation's seventh largest corporate entity, essentially faked its bookkeeping to report profits that never existed.
Starring Kevin Spacey, Margin Call is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as financial and moral decisions catapult lives.