Everyone I meet wants one. For 15 years now I have been interviewing people for jobs on Wall Street. I always start with stocks.
Nobody is ever ready.
The clueless guys go for the Jimmy Carter route. Carter once professed to liking Bob Dylan . But when he was asked by Playboy what Dylan songs he liked, he obviously didn't know one of them. I immediately respond, well, how about a paper portfolio, and they just shrug their shoulders. The savvy guys usually just give me one stock, typically the one they heard about on the subway on the way over.