On Your Side: The gift of investment [Video]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – It happens every holiday season. There’s always someone on your list you just don’t know what to get. On Your Side can help.

Most of the time, people struggle with what to get the baby, kid, tween, or teen who has everything.

Give them the gift of investing. There’s no better time than the present to start building wealth.

“They may be upset about it and think it’s weird, but if you want to give them some cash and put some in the account, that will satisfy everybody,” said Shawn Gallagher with Piatchek & Associates. “It’s a great idea.”

You can set up an investment account in a kid’s name.

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