The Natty Banker’s Gift Guide for Wall Streeters
By nattybanker on Nov 24, 2006 in Gifts, Lifestyle, Natty Banker | comments(1)
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| Ideal for | Pic | Item | Price | More Info |
| Research Analysts .. and other studious types who might draw some analytical inspiration from studying frog parts. |  |
Jack Spade Frog Dissection Kit: Fabulously packaged (why else pay $40 for a dead frog?) and only available directly from the NYC store. Natty Banker will give this grotesquely entertaining gift to some of his business school friends. | $40 | Cool Hunting, NYT |
| Traders … and others who might need some quiet and solace after a day of shouting. Should also appeal to bankers and other jet setters/heavy travellers. |  |
Bose Quietcomfort 3: a worthy upgrade from the 2. Can be paired with the new Bang and Olufsen-looking iPod shuffle. There are health benefits of these headphones, too, which should appeal to anyone living in NYC — pop them on once you get outside. | $350 | Bose website |
| M&A Bankers … and others who are taking advantage of too much free O.J. Chubbers. |  |
Nike Free 5.0 ID running shoes. Ultralight shoes = ultra easy to pack. While they are ultralight, they still have ample padding for your knees. Customize them with your name or initials so that they don’t get lost at the Club. Rule #1 is to not outgrow your trousers and these will help keep that in check. | $80-$100 | Oprah likes em |
| All Banking Peeps … including Prime Services Group — this will be fun for everyone including those sometimes excluded, yet stable cash flow-generating groups. |  |
Nintendo DS Lite. Get the white one and make sure to pick up that brain game, Mario Kart DS and Tetris. Link up to wifi, plug in friend codes and have a party. This thing will kind of make you feel like it’s the Super NES/Atari 2600 era , when vlookup, NPVs, and CFAs didn’t matter so much. | $130 | Reviews at: TechGage, Kotaku |
| All Bulge Bracketeers in Cubicleland in need of entertainment and differentiation. |  |
Swarovski jeweled mouse from Neiman Marcus. Give your desk a little gaudy entertainment. Can something be both cheesy and elegant? You will touch it every day and the sparkliness will make you laugh. | $115 | Neiman Marcus: “A mouse has never been so marvelous.” |
| Proprietary Traders … Proprietary luggage for proprietary peeps. |  |
Go Goyard. This, at the moment, is the bleeding edge if the customization is done right. Visit the Goyard counter at Bergdorf or Barneys and get something custom made. Hurry because the personal- ization takes a long time. Customization is always fashionable, right, and elite. Also, stripes AND initials not one or the other. | $$$$ | Goyard v LVMH |
