Equity dilution is the curse of the startup executive. If you don’t understand how equity dilution works, you can find yourself working very hard.for very little. If you are a senior executive at a startup company and you don’t understand how stock dilution works, you may be on the path to a painful lesson. Don’t [...]

Bubbles are like pornography: Everyone has his or her own opinion as to what qualifies, but it is impossible to pen a precise definition. If you wish to push the metaphor further, both are also fun for a while, if you like that sort of thing, but apt to end up making you feel deflated [...]

There are many investors who don’t know what to do to protect themselves in the stock markets. It comes as no surprise: every self-proclaimed guru claims to have the best strategy since sliced bread. What these ‘gurus’ don’t provide is details — at least not free of charge. Fortunately, there are several simple strategies that [...]

You might have had success beating the market by trading stocks using a disciplined process that anticipates a nice move either up or down. Many traders have also gained the confidence to make money in the stock market by identifying one or two good stocks that may make a big move soon. But if you [...]

Stock options provide advanced investors with additional opportunities for potentially rewarding returns. But stock options do possess risks that require an in-depth understanding of how they work. This article provides a basic overview of stock options. An Introduction to Stock Options Options on stocks and stock indexes are derivative instruments. Stock investors may use stock [...]