Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS
On Air

Transcripts

Get RSS feed.
Print Story Email Story

"Last Word"-Santa's Stocks Soar

Monday, December 17, 2007

SUSIE GHARIB: It appears market volatility has been good for Santa's portfolio. So says the Amegy Bank of Texas, which keeps track of Kris Kringle's hypothetical holdings each year. Tech stocks topped Santa's nice list. His shares of Apple, Garmin, GameStop, Google and Nintendo all posting nice gains. The big winner on his list: Amazon. But Santa's not laughing all the way. His shares of retailers Kohl's, Macys and Nordstrom were all down sharply this year. Santa's portfolio still managed to beat the street, Paul, up 28 percent from this time last year. And in a year like this, I guess you could call that a real miracle on Wall Street.

SEARCH FOR RELATED TOPICS

Click on a keyword below to browse related content.