--- title: 13 Halloween Costumes for Finance Geeks description: These 13 Halloween costume ideas will impress your most die-hard finance nerd friends. authors: - name: Susie Poppick url: https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/ at_money_since: 2013 articles: 117 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/susiepoppick former_staff: true published: '2014-10-24T18:57:32.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T08:57:00.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - bear market - bonds - bull market - Business - costumes - finance - halloween - holiday shopping - Investing - Janet Yellen - Markets - Shopping - stock market - stocks word_count: 787 canonical: https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** Money may earn a commission when you click on the products and services below. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine where and how they appear. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/) about how we make money. ![Actress Katie Seeley as a bear (left) and Sacha Baron Cohen as a bull (right)](https://img.money.com/2014/10/141023_em_halloweencostumes11.jpg) *Combine a bear costume (as worn by actress Katie Seeley, left,) and a bull suit (see Sacha Baron Cohen, right) for a punny stock market couples costume.* Still not sure what you're dressing as for Halloween? Don't despair. We've got a bunch of costume ideas that are right on the money. These finance-themed getups are accessible for a general audience (so you don't have to spend your evening explaining, "No, the *other* kind of [black swan](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackswan.asp)..."), cheap, and quick to pull together. For some tried-and-true ideas, you could go as [Zombie Lehman Brothers](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-16/zombie-lehman-stalks-nonprofits-for-swaps-payments), the [London Whale](http://dealbreaker.com/2014/10/new-york-fed-was-told-to-look-into-london-whale-office-in-2009-decided-to-take-long-lunch-instead/), or characters from Dave Chappelle's classic "[Wu Tang Financial](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tw2ltp/chappelle-s-show-wu-tang-financial---uncensored)" sketch. Or you can try one of the more timeless 13 suggestions below. Then again, you could just dress up as prerecession government regulations and stay in for the night. 1\. **Money.** Let's be honest: Dressing as a [giant bill](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0Y20863211) or [stack of bills](https://www.fun-shop.com/show_image.php?im=/img/01/f0120.jpg&size=300) is kind of boring. The concept is improved if your [homemade costume](http://846cf0b556e2091331f7-8440970b8caee5315b172abf77b42b06.r10.cf1.rackcdn.com/2012/11/awesome-geico-money-man-costume-25483-e1352407887755-600x800.jpg) is a reference to the "made-of-money man" in those [Geico ads](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Iv4/geico-motorcycle-insurance-song-by-the-allman-brothers)—or if you are an adorable [baby](http://photos.costume-works.com/full/lil_money_bag1.jpg) swaddled in a [sack of money](http://thekennedyadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/money.jpg). ([Mom](http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/oterolove/media/Juniors%206%20Months/DSCN1916_Anne_Cornered.jpg.html) and [Dad](http://www.domesticimperfection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/IMG_0293.jpg), throw on a mask and a badge, and voila! A cop-and-robber [duo](http://www.mothering.com/photopost/data/78492/c/c7/c71931ef_TrueCrime.jpeg).) 2\. **A market crash.** If Halloween season sneaked up on you like the October [stock swoon](https://money.com/stocks-plunge-global-economic-fears/) did on traders, you can craft a "market crash" [costume](http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/images/coolest-stock-market-homemade-halloween-costume-21299271.jpg) in five minutes by taping a [fever line on a t-shirt](https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3232/3001589362_9bdea32639_b.jpg) with some masking or electrical tape. Use [light-up accessories](http://coolglow.com/), and you've got a [flash crash](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/flash-crash.asp). This costume can be modified for a couple or [group](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5c/46/0c/5c460c429345319da25068e8986bda51.jpg)—just extend the fever line across your torsos—and it pairs nicely with a "[broke broker](http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k488/palmettosandpigtails/BLOG%20Photos/Fall%202014/StockMarket_zps7a307dd5.jpg)." 3\. **The** **Federal Reserve Chair.** Mimic Janet Yellen's signature [white bob](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/janet-yellen-right-job/) with a [wig](http://www.costumeexpress.com/p/38808/short-bob-white-wig-adult?REF=KNC-CXP-PlusBox&gclid=Cj0KEQjwiJiiBRDh3Z-ctPfS5MgBEiQAAlkbQgvYs2frZlF886kARkvCXImH_yvyKZ8XNAd-Mx8ntuoaAp_s8P8HAQ&kwid=productads-plaid%5E64052811415-sku%5E157365@ADL4COSTUMEEXPRESS-adType%5EPLA-device%5Ec-adid%5E49311341831) and her [go-to outfit](http://hoh.rollcall.com/somebody-spot-janet-yellen-some-new-threads/) with a black blazer over a black dress or pant suit. Don't forget a gold [necklace](https://twitter.com/DeepBagchee/status/388020737765691392). If people ask whom you're dressed as, throw [fake money](http://www.amazon.com/Novelties-Wholesale-Educational-Products-144-Jumbo/dp/B004TRXJ6M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1413917295&sr=8-4&keywords=fake+money) at them and yell, "Loose monetary policy!" To turn this into a group costume, grab yourself a [Ben Bernanke](http://www.vault.com/blog/in-the-black-vaults-finance-careers-blog/top-10-financial-crisis-related-halloween-costumes/) and [Alan Greenspan](http://dealbreaker.com/2007/10/greenspan-you-must-be-confusing-me-with-someone-else/). Wear matching "[chair](http://www.zazzle.com/lawn_chair_t_shirt-235359571628200016)" shirts for solidarity. 4\. **Bull & Bear (couples costume).** Like salty-sweet snacks and Brangelina, this costume combination is greater than the sum of its parts. Relatively inexpensive store-bought [costumes](http://www.halloweencostumes.com/adult-bull-costume.html?PCID=21&utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=PLA-All&CouponCode=10off70adult&gclid=CjwKEAjwzqKiBRCAydTZzOLi9CISJACm3irWTu3OCRMGnaypQXzAPZfRzHAkerRnE8v26QaeX_zlTBoC4nTw_wcB) are easy to find, assuming you don't want to spend [hundreds](http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Full-Brown-Adult-Costume/dp/B000RRV9G0) of dollars, or you can always build a DIY ensemble with homemade horns and [ears](http://www.theribbonretreat.com/blog/make-your-own-animal-ears.html). Hang little signs with upward and downward trending fever lines around your necks for extra clarity. The only hard part will be deciding who gets to be which animal. 5\. "**Bond" girl.** Personify this pun by dressing as your favorite 007 [lady-friend](http://www.007james.com/articles/list_of_james_bond_girls.php) and adding a hat, sign, or other accessory that reads "T-Bill" or features an image of a (now-technically-obsolete paper) Treasury bond. Jill Masterson's ["Goldfinger" look](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/08/5c/79/085c7949e8cb76dde3501b11ca37d618.jpg) might be most recognizable: You can do it with gold spandex or body paint. 6\. **Wolf of Wall Street.** See bull and bear, above. You just need a suit and tie, a [wolf mask](http://www.target.com/p/adult-scary-werewolf-mask-osfm/-/A-15740922?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=15740922&CPNG=Seasonal&kpid=15740922&LID=20pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=15740922&kpid=15740922&gclid=Cj0KEQjwq52iBRDEvrC12Jnz6coBEiQA2otXAqVRGw_ZI-JycDujnFBBGp9n-0JMN0ykZNDDnoxCfogaAsaR8P8HAQ), and pockets brimming with fake money. And maybe some fake Quaaludes. 7\. **Cash cow.** Unless your name is actually Cash (like [this](http://youtu.be/XkG7NwLzjmU) little guy), channel the *Daily Show's* [Samantha Bee](http://cdn.gobankingrates.com/system/wp/blogs/12/assets/cashcow.jpg) and decorate a cow suit with dollar symbols. 8. **A mortgage-backed security.** This one might seem a little 2007, but there's [evidence](http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/troubled-mortgage-funds-on-rise-but-face-headwinds/) these investment vehicles are coming back in vogue. Start with a shirt that says "security" in front. If you're handy, you can then turn a small backpack into a "[house](http://coatsandclarksewingsecrets.com/blogcategory/sewing/diy-tiny-house-backpack)" and wear that around. If not, just write "mortgage" on your back, and you're done. 9. **Gross domestic product.** Just wear a "Made in America" [t-shirt](http://www.lapadagallery.com/img/s5/v4/p254909626-3.jpg) covered in dirt and fake blood. 10. **Dogs of the Dow (group costume).** Grab up to ten of your friends and dress as dogs. Wear tags with ticker symbols for each of the [current Dogs of the Dow.](http://www.dogsofthedow.com/2014-dogs-of-the-dow.htm) 11. **Distressed securities.** Similar to #8, start with a shirt that reads "securities," then layer on some dramatic makeup, to make yourself look, well, [distressed](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/25/4d/4d/254d4d30b462f2cb1a427b4b4effc60f.jpg). 12. **Naked position & hedge (couples costume).** This idea is pretty inside-baseball, but will be a fun challenge for your finance-savvy friends to guess at. The person dressed as the "[naked position](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedposition.asp)" can wear flesh-toned spandex, while his or her partner dresses like a [hedge](http://www.taylormosbey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ninja.bush_.jpg), as in shrubbery. Here are DIY [instructions.](http://www.instructables.com/id/Shrub-Bush-Plant-costume/) 13\. **Spider / SPDR fund family (group costume).** This one is pretty easy, since instructions for [homemade spider costumes](http://www.pinterest.com/explore/spider-costume/) abound. You could go as a solo arachnid, with "[ETF](https://www.spdrs.com/)" painted across your chest, but dressing up is always more fun with friends. In a group you can each represent different funds; for example, the gold fund spider can wear a big gold chain and the ticker symbol [GLD](https://www.spdrs.com/product/fund.seam?ticker=GLD), and the high-yield bond spider can glue candy wrappers and bits of tinfoil all over himself and wear a sign that says [JNK](https://www.spdrs.com/product/fund.seam?ticker=JNK). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Art and Culture", "item": "https://money.com/art-and-culture/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "13 Halloween Costumes for Finance Geeks" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/", "name": "13 Halloween Costumes for Finance Geeks", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2014-10-24T18:57:32.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-07T08:57:00.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "13 Halloween Costumes for Finance Geeks", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2014/10/141023_em_halloweencostumes11.jpg", "width": 1200, "height": 850, "caption": "141023_EM_HalloweenCostumes" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susie Poppick", "url": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/05/14-05-21_bio_author_poppick.jpg?quality=85&w=190&h=190&crop=1", "email": "susie_poppick@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/susiepoppick" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2014-10-24T18:57:32.000Z", "description": "These 13 Halloween costume ideas will impress your most die-hard finance nerd friends.", "abstract": "These 13 Halloween costume ideas will impress your most die-hard finance nerd friends.", "@id": "https://money.com/halloween-costumes-money-themed/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-07T08:57:00.000Z", "wordCount": 787, "keywords": [ "bear market", "bonds", "bull market", "Business", "costumes", "finance", "halloween", "holiday shopping", "Investing", "Janet Yellen", "Markets", "Shopping", "stock market", "stocks" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Contents/Culture and the arts", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Culture_and_the_arts" ] } ] } ] } ```