Securities
Jun. 25, 2014
Playing with fire: loans to exercise stock options
In short, it is an extraordinarily dangerous thing to do with potentially very damaging consequences. By Ted Wang
There is a current debate as to whether we are in a period of high valuations, irrational exuberance or a down-right bubble. I don't know, but I have seen one artifact from the actual bubble rear its ugly head in recent times: the use of loans to exercise stock options. In short, it is an extraordinarily dangerous thing to do with potentially very damaging consequences.
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