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. This friendly guide brings you:Clear, detailed explanation of the different types of stock options-pre-IPO versus post-IPO optionsClarification of realistic tax and legal consequences …
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First, disregard the 5-star rating. *I* think the book is good of course, but that’s not why I’m writing this comment.
To the two recent reviewers who complain that the book isn’t about puts and calls but rather about ISOs, NQSOs, etc. – look, I’m sorry for your inconvenience but if you had taken about 2 minutes to skim the table of contents and the editorial review on the amazon.com page (“…your company’s stock option plan…”), you would CLEARLY see what type of stock options this book discusses. In fact, taking less time to do so than it took you to write your complaint-reviews and give the book a poor review would have saved each of you $20 or whatever the book cost you.
So my sympathies to you for your misspent $, but come on: blaming the author and publisher for your own haste and, further, feeling the need to do so publicly on an amazon.com review with one- and two-star rankings? (At least the other reader who did the same thing back in August, 2003 had the courtesy to give a 5-star ranking because of the reselling experience on amazon.com to rectify his/her error.)
I sincerely hope that if you do begin to dabble in puts and calls – the other kind of stock options – that you do so with much greater care than you took in making your respective book purchases. Otherwise, you should really think twice about that side of the investing world.
To the one reader who is looking for a beginner’s book about the other kind of stock options: see “Futures and Options For Dummies” by Joe Duarte. But do your homework first before buying!
I was looking for a “dummies” book on options trading (puts, calls, volatility, etc.) so I ordered it. What I got was a comprehensive review of the ramifications of owning stock options issued by the company that employs you. In short, I felt like a dummy for not researching further before purchase. Don’t make the same mistake I did. There is a silver lining, though. I promptly repackaged the book in the shipping box that I received it in and sold it through Amazon, recouping almost all of my original cost. If you have any books you don’t need or want, I wholeheartedly endorse Amazon’s used book marketplace. I gave it 5 stars because of this experience, and the fact that it is another top-notch example from the excellent Dummies series, just not what I was looking for. Incidentally, if you’re looking for what I was looking for originally, you can’t go wrong with anything Larry McMillan has written.