Ask HN: What can I buy for my fiancé's fussy father-in-law's birthday

3 pointsby scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren11 comments

More specifically, does anyone know of any cool Kickstarter-type products that would be ideal for an older man of around 65 who's interested in the market, economics and lives in Australia?

5 comments

rajacombinatorvor 11 Jahren

How about a book written by some famous investor? Buffett, Lynch, Klarman (supposedly rare), etc? Binded printout of all of Berkshire's annual letters?

scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren

I like this idea, thanks! Will have to chat to the misses and see what she thinks.

brudgersvor 11 Jahren

A subscription to The Economist.

scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren

Will consult the misses to see what she thinks. Thanks!

HCDevidvor 11 Jahren

Interested in market/economics as in he's a professional (or extremely serious individual investor), or interested as in he's a hobbyist who likes reading finance news and occasionally making "cool" investments?

scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren

He's an ex-economics teacher (now retired) that does pretty well in the market. I'd say he's in the category of hobbyist who likes reading finance news, too.

Thanks!

HCDevidvor 11 Jahren

So I'm probably getting blinded by availability bias bc you said finance, but these T-shirts look solid. I can't really think of anything etsy-like that would fit. I'd assume he's a fairly cynical guy:

www.zazzle.com/financial_adviser_banker_investment_broker_gear_tshirt-235389425685067728

http://www.zazzle.com/rated_aaa_tshirt-235431658033842966

Alternatively, screw the finance part and just go for something cool. How does he feel about drones?

scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren

Thanks for the suggestions!

staunchvor 11 Jahren

If he enjoys getting outside, maybe you could get him a nice metal detector so he can hunt for gold.

scottmcdotvor 11 Jahren

He doesn't enjoy getting outside too much but thanks for the suggestion anyway!

lazylizardvor 11 Jahren

setup a EVE Online account for him? a bitcoin/litecoin miner asic, and help him set it up, with mining pool and coin exchange accounts? or sort of both if instead of the asic its a gpu litecoin mining setup..can play EVE with it..