Gift Registry Offers Investable Alternative to Toasters and Gravy Boats

Who needs another toaster when you can get shares of Cisco (CSCO Quote) or Intel (INTL Quote) for your wedding instead?

Since February, StockGift.com has offered newlyweds-to-be and others celebrating special occasions the opportunity to register for gifts of stocks and mutual funds. Why bother lugging home delicate finger bowls for 12, when you can jumpstart your financial future?

Take Bill McCafferty and his bride-to-be Jennifer Smith. As the Denver couple set about planning their wedding, which will take place in October, they still signed up for the standard linens, silver and china at Crate & Barrel to appease older relatives. But they also wanted to ask for something to build on the future they were entering together: negotiable securities. ...