http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-basics-of-stock-options/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bluntmoney.com/the-basics-of-stock-options/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Sebastian Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:44:57 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/?p=45#comment-18 Another thing to remember with employee stock options is that you first need to Buy the actual stock. Then generally you have to hold on to them for a period of time, after which you can sell them. So in order to make money, which in itself is not guaranteed, you first need to spend it. Or you can trade on the stock options market, of course. Not to mention that employee stock options generally don't mature for a few years, and then you only have another few years to exercise the options, or you lose them. Another thing to remember with employee stock options is that you first need to Buy the actual stock. Then generally you have to hold on to them for a period of time, after which you can sell them. So in order to make money, which in itself is not guaranteed, you first need to spend it. Or you can trade on the stock options market, of course. Not to mention that employee stock options generally don’t mature for a few years, and then you only have another few years to exercise the options, or you lose them.

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