It turns out Incentive Stock Options are not unlike this playground seesaw. By taking advantage of the characteristics of your options, you can both leverage funds you have earmarked for option exercise to increase income while also protecting yourself from the underlying company stock’s potential downside.
Read MoreThe single most important factor in considering if and when to exercise your options is their underlying value when they reach full liquidity – either through being acquired, following an initial public offering (IPO), or when the team closes shop. The fundamental question is, ‘will my startup succeed?’ But how do you measure this trajectory?
Read MoreWouldn’t it be nice if every financial firm laid out its priorities, and every financial blogger and author shared with us their biases? Perhaps one of the reason’s the Department of Labor is in the process of implementing the new fiduciary laws is for this very reason: it’s hard to know where people stand.
Read MoreThe good news is that there are financial planners who have a fiduciary commitment to work in your best interest and who will help you with this. The second piece of good news is that a little bit of knowledge goes a long way. Today we’ll explore a few methods for determining your life insurance needs.
Read MoreHave you thought about how a person can make money investing in real estate? How do the pieces come together, really? And what numbers should you consider? There are four ways real estate investing puts money in investors’ pockets: Cash flow, amortization, tax advantage, and appreciation.
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