What Is a Stock Option? A stock option is a contract giving its holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a given price before a specific date. There are two main types of ...

There's no shortage of legendary tales about workers striking it rich with employee stock options. At Microsoft (MSFT), for example, the tech boom of the 1990s reportedly made approximately 10,000 ...

Employee stock options are a form of equity compensation that companies may offer to their employees. They are often granted as an incentive to motivate and retain employees, align their interests ...

When you make an 83(b) election, you're opting to pay tax on unvested shares now, instead of when the stock vests. For founders and executives with stock options or restricted stock, an 83(b) election ...

Employees who receive stock compensation hold partial ownership of their company through these non-cash payouts. While stock options can be a wonderful employee benefit and a way to build wealth, they ...

Last year was a painful one for startups and their employees. Venture capitalists tightened their investments, thousands of people lost their jobs and company valuations stalled or fell amid a ...

Palantir was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 last year. It may repeat that performance in 2025. Stock splits can make shares more attractive to retail investors and options traders.

Stock-option 'straddles' aren't priced for blowout earnings, but they do skew toward the upside Investors may have high hopes that Nvidia Corp. will again report strong earnings that propel its stock ...

In the past 15 years, I have had many people, some of whom became clients, tell incredible stories of being in the right place at the right time. But in a single stock, Example A is worried about ...