Podcast: Equity Compensation Overview and How To Choose Between Options and RSUs

In today’s episode Nicholas Olesen begins a short podcast series on equity compensation. These plans continue to become more and more popular in both private and public companies and therefore a very important part of compensation to understand.

During the episode Nicholas shares:

• What is equity compensation?
• Why has it become so popular?
• The three main types of: stock options, employee stock purchase plans, and restricted stock
• Difference between stock options (NQSO) and restricted stock (RSU)
• How to decide, if given the choice, between NQSO and RSU

The next two episodes can be found here: 

Equity Compensation Strategies for Hedging, Diversification, and Tax Minimization

How To Best Use Your Employee Stock Plans and Equity Compensation

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