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Informationen zum Autor Alan R. Simon , author of Data Warehousing For Dummies , is a manager at Deloitte Consulting. Alan has experienced every side of stock options in public and pre-IPO companies, large Fortune 500 corporations, and small consulting firms. Klappentext If you're like the majority of the estimated 12 million employees in the U.S. who have stock options as a key component to their compensation packages, you have a vague notion, at best, of how options work and what they can mean to your financial well being. What's the vesting schedule for your shares and how will their strike price be set? What type of stock option grant will you receive, an ISO (incentive stock option) or an NQSO (non-qualified stock option)? What tax rules apply to your option program? Your financial future could depend on your knowing the answers to these and other questions regarding your company's stock option plan.Confused by all the brouhaha surrounding stock options? Let expert Alan Simon demystify this often-confusing investment vehicle for you. Featuring clear explanations of how your stock options might make you money--or not--this friendly guide fills you in on what you need to know to:* Understand different types of stock options* Read and find traps in your stock option agreement* Evaluate the pros and cons of company investment vehicles* Assess vesting schedules and tax laws* Tap Web resourcesSimon demystifies the jargon, rules, and tax consequences of stock options. He provides a realistic picture of what to expect from your options, and he helps you see past the hype to understand what your employer is really offering. Important topics covered include:* What you need to know before accepting a compensation package that includes options* Developing a stock option philosophy and clear-cut goals* Knowing whether you're being treated fairly by your company* Making sense of the language of stock options agreements* Getting a handle on key restrictions on how you exercise your options* Stock option valuation* Tax rules and how they apply to different types of options* How stock options can be affected by changes at your companyStock Options For Dummies is the only guide you'll need to get the most out of this important investment vehicle. Zusammenfassung Stock options are no longer solely an executive perk. While most books on the subject focus on how business owners can set up a stock options program for their company, this book shows option holders at all levels the keys to exercising one of the most lucrative benefits in today's booming market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Why I Wrote This Book: The Lessons of 1999 and 2000 1 Who Needs to Read This Book? 3 How to Use This Book 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: The Fundamentals of Stock Options 4 Part II: Details, Details: What You Must Know About Your Stock Options 5 Part III: Money! 5 Part IV: Pay Up! Taxes and Stock Options 6 Part V: Changes and Special Circumstances 6 Part VI: The Part of Tens 6 Icons Used in This Book 7 Part I: The Fundmentals of Stock Options 9 Chapter 1: Stock Options: What You Need to Know Right Off the Bat 11 Understanding Stock Option Basics 11 Knowing what stock options are 12 Knowing how stock options work 13 Exercising Your Stock Option(s) 15 Understanding the Right Nature of Your Stock Options 19 Comparing Stock Options to Actual Shares of Stock 20 Granting Stock Options: Why Do Companies Do It? 21 Hard work equals great rewards 21 Building (or trying to build) a stable workforce 22 "Diverting" cash from salaries to other uses 23 Comparing the Two Main Types of Stock Options 24 Chapter 2: Taking Your Chances: Getting Rich or Going Broke 27 Making Lots of...
