One share of Walmart Stock is a share of retail history. Wal-Mart is the world's top retailer. It oversees more than 4,800 stores: discount stores (Wal-Mart), combination discount and grocery stores (Wal-Mart Supercenters & ASDA in the UK), and membership-only warehouse stores (Sam's Club). Most stores are stateside, but Wal-Mart is expanding internationally. The company has operations in South America, Asia, and Europe.

Although it is now an innovative global operation, Wal-Mart is still a traditional company at heart. This is conveyed within the Wal-Mart Stock Certificate, which features the classic vignette of a goddess and the finely engraved steel etching along the certificate border. This certificate is a great teaching tool for a child's investment education.

Wal-Mart's annual reports tend to be in magazine format, opening with a letter from the company CEO, as well as interviews and photos of store employees and their delighted customers.