FINANCIAL UPS AND DOWNS -- AND CROSSWORDS

The Investor's Shop (http://www.bullandbeargifts.com) is giving a free crossword puzzle to visitors during the 2003 Holiday Season. "Financial Ups and Downs" is an American-style crossword with straightforward definitions. With about 100 words and phrases, the puzzle is large but relatively easy, at least for people with an accounting vocabulary or investment background. The puzzle is in PDF format for easy download or printing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- DENVER, CO, October 14, 2003 --.

The Investor's Shop (http://www.bullandbeargifts.com) is giving a free crossword puzzle to visitors during the 2003 Holiday Season. Eventually the shop will have for sale a financial-terms crossword puzzle book plus a giant puzzle on a poster but as an introduction is offering this, initial, free puzzle for the 2003 Holiday Season. The puzzle is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is formatted to print well on 8-1/2" x 11" paper. It is on 3 separate pages (the puzzle, the clues, the answers) so that no, one, file is too large for download for people with a dial-up connection.

The puzzle, titled "Financial Ups and Downs" is an American-style crossword with straightforward definitions. With a total of 67 words and phrases, the puzzle is large but relatively easy, at least for people with an investment background or accounting vocabulary. For example, the opposite of "buy" should be easy for anyone to guess but the opposite of "ask" is definitely not "answer". And even an experienced investor might have to go online to check the correct spelling of the Japanese version of the Dow.

Also -- once again the Wall Street Museum (sponsored by Wall-Street.com and The Investor's Shop) is offering its free, online calendar with historical picture. This year's feature is an impressionist-style painting of the Paris Bourse. Access this calendar at http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org/.

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

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