A WEALTH OF WALL STREET CALENDARS

This year there is an unprecedented wealth of wall-street calendars, daytimers and almanacs for gift-giving to the investment guru or financial wizard.

DENVER, CO, November 8, 2002 -- You would never know the economy is in a slump based on the wall street calendars available. This year there is an unprecedented wealth of financial calendars, daytimers and almanacs for holiday gift-giving.

Once again the Wall Street Museum is offering its free, online calendar with historical pictures. For the first time the 2003 calendar is in color; however, if you don't have a color printer it should still look good in black and white. The page may take a while to download into your web browser as the picture is a 300-dpi jpeg for good print quality. One 8-1/2" x ll" page has the 12-month calendar with a picture of the U. S. Treasury Building and a second 8-1/2" x ll" page offers the schedule of holidays with a picture of Wall Street Winter in 1834. Access this calendar at http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org/.

For over 20 years R. S. Parker, Inc. has produced a Securities Calendar. Each of the 12 months in the $9.00, 2003 wall calendar features a unique stock certificate. This 9" x 12" (unopened) calendar can be customized with your name for corporate gift-giving. It is marketed through Wall Street Greetings and can be ordered through their affiliate, the Greeting Card Dept. of "The Investor's Shop at http://www.bullandbeargifts.com/cards/.

For a large at-a-glance calendar, see the $6.00, 2003 "Paris Bourse" calendar in the Bull and Bear Basics Dept. of The Investor's Shop at http://www.bullanbeargifts.com/basics/. This 11" x 17", glossy, poster-type, one-page, wall calendar can be customized with your name for use as a promotional gift. Contact the Investor's Shop for details about bulk orders and customization.

For the second year BrownTrout Publishers have produced a 12" x 12" (unopened), 12-month, "World Trade Center Memorial Calendar: A Tribute To The Twin Towers" retailing for $12.99. Another popular repeat calendar, selling for $10.39, is "Who Moved My Cheese 2003" by Spencer Johnson, a 5.25" x 6.13" block calendar based on his book. A popular box calendar in 2002 was "The Road To Wealth" by Suze Orman. Unfortunately there is no hint of a 2003 version; however people who like calendars of this type will be glad to know that Bill O'Reilly has produced one for $8.79 called "The O'Reilly Factor 2003 Calendar: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life". All are available at a number of retail stores including Amazon.com and affiliates. They are prominently featured in the Book Dept. of The Investor's Shop at http://www.bullandbeargifts.com/books/.

The leading wall street daytimers and almanacs, are also featured at The Investor's Shop Book Dept.; however they are often not available via the Amazon.com affiliation until too late for holiday season gift-giving. Later in the year these popular items can be out of stock! Therefore, here are descriptions and links for ordering directly from the publishers.

-- The Econoday Calendar - "The Investor's Calendar of Choice" comes in a number of formats including leather bound, spiral bound, and a software program, costing between $20 - $40.. The different versions, by the day, week or month, all include pertinent data such as: key market events, economic indicators, treasury financing announcements, equity settlement dates, international banking holidays. The cover can be customized for gift-giving. Contact Econoday directly at http://www.econoday.com/.

-- The bound Stock Trader's Almanac 2003 by Jeffrey A. Hirsch and Yale Hirsch (editors) was advertised at a pre-publication price of $23.95. For current pricing and to inquire about customization, contact The Hirsch Organization directly at http://www.stocktradersalmanac.com. This nifty, educational publication has been a popular year-end gift for many years.

-- Plunkett's Research Ltd. calls their Financial Services Industry Almanac 2002-2003 "The Only Complete Guide to the Technologies and Companies Changing the Way the World Banks". The printed paperback version was quoted at $300 but there is also a PDF downloadable version. For more information contact the publisher at http://www.plunkettresearch.com/.

In addition to the above "real world" calendars, you can visit calendar-based, on-line services. International business people can check out the days banks will be closed overseas at: http://www.bank-holidays.com/. Trying to keep track of important tax dates? Look at the Tax Calendar (under the Tax Planning section) at: http://www.hrblock.com/ or look at the Tax Calendar (under "Tools") at: http://taxmama.com/. For calendars of all types go to Calendars.com at http://wwww.calendars.com.

The Investor's Shop is a division of Wall-Street.com. Since 1983 the company has furnished the investment community with awards and closing gifts, including walnut plaques, engraved brass, and Lucite embedments. Since 1996 when the shop launched its Website, it has steadily expanded its collection of specialized gifts using leading suppliers.

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