Daniel Nathan and Brian Neil Hoffman of Morrison & Foerster write: Stock option exercises may create additional risks of violating the securities laws depending upon how they are exercised. Through ...

Historically, options contracts have been a niche market occupied by professional investors. All that changed in recent years ...

Tax-return errors with stock comp are painful, from accidentally taxing yourself twice to underreporting and getting a scary ...

With equity markets near all-time highs and the IPO market starting to thaw, many executives are wrestling with a tough question: When to exercise their stock options?

A large exercise of company stock options by Jeff Huber, Director at Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) was disclosed in a new SEC filing on February 4, as part of an insider exercise. What Happened: The ...

Stock options issued by US-based startups typically allow the optionee to exercise the option within three months (or shorter) after a termination of employment not involving death or disability.

Stock options became common parlance in venture-funded startups in the mid-70s when struggling startups succeeded in attracting the talent and interest of their employees by offering them stock ...

Caterpillar shares are trading down 1.19% at $683.61 at the time of this writing on Thursday morning. Since the current price ...

A restricted stock unit (RSU) is an award of shares that comes with conditions, usually a vesting period before they are ...

How your employee stock options are taxed depends on the option type. Some defer taxes until you sell; others are taxable sooner. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...