Daily US Stock Market Hours Report and Analysis - Another Mixed Day…

This Stock Market Hours Report is brought to you by Jason Ng, Founder, Master ‘O’ Equity This time, even more bullish indications than yesterday! ... weekends” Technorati tags: options, stock, stocks, options trading, trading options, investing, nasdaq ... , to say that today’s market ended mixed would be unfair to the effort the Dow took to get back [more...]

Date: 2007-10-19 09:55:23
Blog: My Option Trading Room ...

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Restricted Stock, Not Stock Options

As a hedge fund manager once said to me, "Stock options don't make CEOs long their company's fortunes, ... in incentive compatibility, you make CEOs put up their personal wealth and give them restricted stock. Paul ... on the effects of paying executives largely in stock options; it confirms suspicions I’ve had in the past [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 04:11:37
Blog: Brad DeLong--Economics ...

Customer Acquisition Network Holdings, Inc. (CACN.OB) : Just Began Trading

They were incorporated in 2002 as a hip-hop and R&B record label company ... shares for any funding and may continue to have to. They aren't shy about stock options ... stock and/or options to purchase common stock to directors, employees and consultants. Immediately [more...]

Date: 2007-10-26 03:34:00
Blog: Investment Quest...

Investing in Your Company Stock: Pros and Cons

My wife will be starting a new position next week, and her new company provides their 401k matching funds in the form of company stock ... is to NOT act. Some companies award stock options or restricted stock to their employees. Others offer ... you are granted options or stock without having the right to sell them. It's a gift horse, no looking [more...]

Date: 2007-04-12 08:15:57
Blog: Money and Such...

Microsoft’s Peter Moore to become President of EA Sports Label

I didn’t get a chance to write about this yesterday but a real shocker hit the Xbox community that day ... by leaving his position at Microsoft.” Stock option grant of 350,000 shares of the company’s common stock Stock option grant of 50,000 restricted stock unit Relocation related expense reimbursement [more...]

Date: 2007-07-19 08:43:34
Blog: Krunker | Technology Ar...

Monday’s Stock Option Strategy!

A wild day of option trading materialized just as many stock options were about to expire. Last Friday's bloodbath was nasty. After a week of earnings from financial stocks, the market just couldn't stomach anymore write-downs. As we have seen before, the market suffers a huge one week decline and then it rebounds quickly [more...]

Date: 2007-10-22 16:04:08
Blog: Option Trading Blog, O...

Clarity on Microsoft's average pay

I should have used a better word in Monday's column when I described the average pay at Microsoft ... in 2004, not including stock option income. If you count options, "average Microsoft employee ... of salary, although it's a little tricky because compensation would include stock options and stock awards [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 23:48:43
Blog: The Seattle Times: Brie...

Newswatch 9.28.07: GOOG makes concessions to save DoubleClick deal

GOOG defends DoubleClick deal Eric Schmidt told legislators on Sept ... last November, when the maker of iPod players and Macintosh computers was in the thick of a stock options ... backdated stock-options awards to the executive team and a grant to CEO Steve Jobs. The Cloud offers cheap [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 23:03:09
Blog: Silicon Valley Watcher ...

Friday’s Stock Option Trading Strategy!

Option trading on expiration is tough due to the "noise" ... . As I mentioned in yesterday's market commentary, there was a greater chance for earnings disappointments than ... . Focus on next week's earnings releases and buy call stock options on stocks that have a history [more...]

Date: 2007-10-19 16:26:07
Blog: Option Trading Blog, O...

Alternative Income

The share market has been on a volatile roller-coaster recently. I can't imagine the heart attacks I'd suffer if I had a huge amount at stake ... be able to sort, filter and analyse all stock options and other options online to decide where best ... and rise as well! Don't we all wish we had all prior information on markets and stock options?! Well [more...]

Date: 2007-04-22 13:20:06
Blog: Funky Cookies...

Readings: CXO on Options, Dorsch on Shanghai market, Derivatives trading in India

CXO Advisory Group: Consistently Expensive Types of Equity Options Using stock and option prices and associated firm fundamental data for 1, ... market is the participation of FIIs, whose share in F&O trading has gone up from 7.5 per cent ... 402 firms over the period 1/96-12/04, they conclude that: Options on stock indexes are generally [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 04:49:08
Blog: GalaTime ...

Paranoia strikes deep

Anyone reading this is probably familiar with the pre 9-11 stock options taken on United, and American Airlines and on Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch and what they meant. Today.....$1 Billion in suspicious stock activity ... hurt by the attack were noted. Put options are essentially “bets” that a stock or stock index [more...]

Date: 2007-08-31 20:18:48
Blog: Villagers with Torches...

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Date: 2007-08-28 09:57:08
Blog: MarkaBoo :: Recent Book...

Chicken Little

Here's an excerpt from the National Venture Capital Association, talking about compensation and economic growth. Can you guess what is? ... : It's not carried interest. It's stock options. The NVCA lobbied heavily against the proposal to record stock options as an expense on the income statement, arguing that the accounting change would [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 22:21:00
Blog: Conglomerate Blog: Busi...

HP agrees to settle backdating suit for $117.5M

Hewlett-Packard agreed in principle on Monday to resolve the stock-options backdating suit facing Mercury Interactive, a company it acquired in 2006, ... stock, which alleged former Mercury Interactive executives improperly backdated stock options ... for fiscal years 2002 to 2004 as previous statements failed to recognize compensation from internal stock [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 22:20:34
Blog: InfoWorld - Information...

Wednesday’s Stock Option Trading Strategy!

Buy commodity stock options on support. Option traders that get short this market run the risk of getting whipsawed ala March and August. Monday and Tuesday the market posted nice gains [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 17:57:21
Blog: Option Trading Blog, O...

Steve Jobs 'outrageous' performance at shareholders meeting

Steve Jobs performance at Apple's annual meeting yesterday was nothing short of outrageous, shareholders charged, ... that he give up restricted stock he received in exchange for backdated options. He said the stock ... reported on the furor. "Options backdating is a cancer eating away at the company," charged Con Hitchcock [more...]

Date: 2007-05-11 16:56:07
Blog: Silicon Valley Watcher ...

October 1st Blogger Sentiment Poll

The poll continues to be bullish. Be sure to check out the review at Fallond Stock Picks' How Accurate are Bloggers II? Blogger_sentiment_100107 ... Options Report Deal Breaker Dr. John Rutledge Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Fallond Stock Picks ... Options Stock Advisors ShadowTrader Tech Trader Daily Trade King Trader Feed Trader Tim [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 13:10:51
Blog: Ticker Sense...

Hey, Jeff! [Dan Collins]

6:32 pm Comments (9) | Trackback Share This Set phasers to PANIC ... companies hurt by the attack were noted. Put options are essentially “bets” that a stock or stock index ... of the option. Fast forward to the present day [more...]

Date: 2007-09-07 00:32:51
Blog: protein wisdom...

CEO pay debate spans the Atlantic

In 2006, the top 20 highest-paid executives in European managers earned an average of $12 ... with most from stock options. However, the recently poor performance of the firm has raised ... ' compensation packages included a large % of stock options while some companies with "option-heavy [more...]

Date: 2007-10-20 20:03:15
Blog: The Legal Infrastructur...

HP-Owned Mercury Settles Options Lawsuit

Mercury Interactive, one of the first companies to reveal its financial records were faulty because of stock options tampering, ... bookkeeping, noted that it's no longer facing any pending stock options investigations. Attorney Joel ... in U.S. District Court in San Jose is Mercury's latest effort to atone for its executives' mishandling of stock [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 12:43:26
Blog: NewsFactor Business...

Thursday’s Stock Option Trading Strategy!

Expect volatility and tough short-term option trading conditions. During earnings season, I trade stock options on companies that have already announced. I might miss some of the move this way, but my risk is greatly reduced. After a sharp early sell-off, stocks [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:02:17
Blog: Option Trading Blog, O...

Will the U.S. Attack Iran Before September 21? - Are CIA Front Companies Investing $4.5 Billion to Profit from attacking Iran?

There has been much recent speculation that the Bush administration is about to authorize a massive preemptive aerial assault against Iran ... in particular type of stock called 'put options' and 'call options' which are based on a dramatic shift in the U.S. stock market (see: http://tinyurl.com/yw8q4f & http://tinyurl.com/ys2gcj [more...]

Date: 2007-09-10 21:14:40
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

The 10 Keys To Successful Stock Options Trading – Key #4

By Roger Cox Hello again, this is part four in my ten part series on stock options trading ... is the technique of reading and analyzing stock charts. Institutional investors are investing ... between an art and a science and can be quite complicated. Although the patterns are predictable [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 04:30:03
Blog: Copy & Paste Articl...

Day 643: My Nova school is gone

You're on vacation with a friend visiting from England. You wonder whether Nova will still be around when your vacation's over ... just before the JASDAQ listed NOVA (Osaka) announced the third party allocation of stock options ... Act (Stock Manipulation), rather than violation of the Securities and Exchange Law (Stock [more...]

Date: 2007-10-22 13:05:32
Blog: Of Rice and Zen...

Was that an earthquake?

No. Turns out it was Clinton-era Labor Secretary Robert Reich - a man whose uneven virtues I have previously sung - speaking in favor of letting ... , including stock, stock options and long-term compensation. Too much? Not to Exxon’s investors, who enjoyed ... . Of course, being an old class warrior, Mr. Reich can’t quite satisfy himself with the [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 16:09:54
Blog: Neptunus Lex — The unbe...

Weazl has been wrong before (thankfully). And let's hope weazl and others are wrong again

Will the U.S. Attack Iran Before September 21? - Are CIA Front Companies Investing $4.5 Billion to Profit from attacking Iran? By Michael E ... is an August 2007 purchases of almost 4.5 billion dollars in particular type of stock called 'put options' and 'call options' which are based on a dramatic shift in the U.S. stock market (see: http [more...]

Date: 2007-09-08 14:17:12
Blog: Weazl's Revenge...

A Million Minds Are Better Than One.

I am not a full blood Chinese but I know a lot of Chinese sayings. One of them is “Money like company” and I believe wholeheartedly :) ... , they ranges from Stocks Trading on Major Markets & Option traders to Hot Stock Picks, Daytraders ... for investors : MyWallSt.net. You can learn a whole lot about investing from this site. You can exchange [more...]

Date: 2007-10-22 17:25:30
Blog: Seay’s Kopitiam (eCafé)...

Making It Barcode Centric

So this has been the focus of what I've been doing lately.   I've been looking at existing warehouse and stock mobile applications ... with a list of options,  I.e if I scan a product then present a list of options like stock move, dump ... .   They seem to share one common feature in common.    That is select an operation like, stock [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 19:41:57
Blog: Richard Jones - Mobile ...

Mercury Interactive Settles

Mercury Interactive Corp., a California-based software company acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co ... and alleges that executives at the company backdated stock options and made false or misleading statements ... and is the largest to date involving stock options backdating. Press coverage can be found in the Wall Street [more...]

Date: 2007-10-19 05:41:11
Blog: The 10b-5 Daily...

ISS Governance Services' Policy Review and Comment Period for 2008 Open Through November 1Submitted by: Gary Hewitt, Marketing and Communications

As part of its policy formulation process, ISS Governance Services' Global Policy Board invites you to share your thoughts on ten important ... (U.S.) * Non-Employee Director Limit on Equity Plan Participation (Canada) * Stock Options for Non-Executive Directors (Belgium and the Netherlands) * Poor Pay Practices (U.S.) * Stock Option Overhang [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 16:35:25
Blog: RiskMetrics Group - Ris...

Jobs gets subpoena in backdating case

15296_050406_steve_jobs_hmed.jpg Reuters reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed to give a deposition in a stock options backdating lawsuit against the company’s former general counsel Nancy Heinen. The subpoena is, apparently, not part of an SEC investigation. I’m sure Jobs is ready for this whole stock options back [more...]

Date: 2007-09-20 15:10:53
Blog: Apple Gazette - Your ul...

Charlie Winburn’s NAACP Questionnaire

Charlie Winburn says he didn’t have enough notice to get answers submitted in time for the NAACP print voter education guide ... stock-options of companies for the purpose of generating revenue for the City? Please explain. (75 words) I have in the past opposed taxing stock options. However, I am open for further discussion [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 11:06:14
Blog: The Cincinnati Beacon ...

Taking Stock of Stock Options

By Valerie March For our parents, a job’s value was measured simply by the salary ... and sell their shares on the open stock market at the increased price for a profit. Here’s a real ... that add toward your happiness at work. And don’t forget stock options–even though a lot [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 13:04:04
Blog: Punny Money...

GOOG at $600+

] My favorite quote from my blog post about blowing off my Google interview three years ago this month was this one: "And with Google's stock at 190.41, what sort of options would I get? "Here's 10,000 options priced at 190. If the stock goes up to 250, you're golden!" I could be wrong about this, but like I said [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 20:50:30
Blog: RussellBeattie.com ...

Poll: How is Your Retirement Portfolio Constructed?

This week, I want to take a look at how people put together their retirement accounts. Are you strictly an index or ETF investor? Do you load up on company stock? I’m a mixed bag myself, as I have a little bit of company stock along with stock options, some index funds, a few ETFs, and a handful of specialty or sector funds [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 16:05:28
Blog: Generation X Finance...

Exercises With Stock Options of Nokia Corporation

ESPOO, Finland, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A total of 959 931 shares of Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) ("Nokia") were subscribed for between 5.6.2007 - 2.7.2007 based on Nokia's 2001, 2003 and 2005 employee stock option plans. The total amount of subscription prices, EUR 13 693 901.23, is recorded in the fund for invested non-restricted [more...]

Date: 2007-07-06 08:50:06
Blog: Just Another Mobile Pho...

Helping Hands Thursday - The Scoop On Trading

OEX is an online stock options trading company that I had the opportunity of reviewing today, ... will be of interest to some of you! If you are interested in stock option trading then their website is a solid resource to gain information on trading. The topic is still very new to me, and as a would [more...]

Date: 2007-05-31 18:22:00
Blog: One Old Green Bus...

Small Steps Today Prevent Jumping Off A Cliff Tomorrow

Small Steps Today Prevent Jumping Off A Cliff Tomorrow Have you ever wondered the significance a seemingly minor decision had on your life? I do ... . One of my contemporaries just retired, from our old employer, after twenty years service as a stock broker ... me options in life, options to avoid some bad decisions. Those little crumbs I've stored [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 15:04:44
Blog: America's Mortgage Brok...

Facebook IPO Watch

by Brian Solis Photo Credit: MSNBC Hat tip over to Owen Thomas of Valleywag on this one ... of all employee equity compensation programs such as Stock options, Restricted stock, RSUs, Warrants Strong ... we think. On the Facebook Jobs page, the company has put the call out for a Stock Administration [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 20:59:03
Blog: bub.blicio.us...

Epstein named to board of fuel cell company

Glenn Epstein, the former CEO of Intermagnetics General Corp., has become a director at a Danbury, Conn. fuel cell company, FuelCell Energy Inc ... , and natural gas and other hydrocarbons. Epsetin received 40,000 stock options last month as part of his appointment; the options vest over a four-year period. FuelCell’s stock (Nasdaq: FCEL [more...]

Date: 2007-10-22 18:17:45
Blog: Business news blog - Ti...

The REAL “Clash”

Cunning Realist, callin’ ‘em straight as they are: A phrase that’s become popular is “a clash of cultures” and variations of it ... by wage earners, retirees, and prudent savers; it allows mediocre corporate executives to exercise stock options and become fabulously wealthy; it tells stock and real estate speculators that if things [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 04:57:34
Blog: Psychopolitik...

Exercises with stock options of Nokia Corporation

June 08, 2007 Espoo, Finland - A total of 1 997 770 shares of Nokia Corporation ("Nokia") were subscribed for between 3.5.2007 - 4.6.2007 based on Nokia's 2001, 2003 and 2005 employee stock option plans. The total amount of subscription prices, EUR 28 554 011.46, is recorded in the fund for invested non-restricted equity. The new [more...]

Date: 2007-06-08 18:38:04
Blog: Just Another Mobile Pho...

Exercises with stock options of Nokia Corporation

Helsinki, Finland - A total of 2 154 023 shares of Nokia Corporation ("Nokia") were subscribed for between 31.7.2007 - 3.9.2007 based on Nokia's 2001, 2003 and 2005 employee stock option plans. The total amount of subscription prices, EUR 31 688 726.39, is recorded in the fund for invested non-restricted equity. The new [more...]

Date: 2007-09-07 12:26:08
Blog: Just Another Mobile Pho...

New UCL "vested interest" restitution decision: Reid v. Google, Inc.

In Reid v. Google, Inc., ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Oct. 4, 2007), the Court of Appeal (Sixth Appellate District) ... did not permit the plaintiff to recover his unvested stock options as "restitution" in an individual ... , 23 Cal.4th at pp. 126-127.) Reid seeks return of unvested stock options from the time [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 13:00:10
Blog: The UCL Practitioner...

CBS Re-Ups Les Moonves Through 2011

Today's news that CBS Inc has extended CEO Les Moonves' contract through September 2011 has set off a spate of rumors that Sumner ... _logo.gif Redstone is linking Les' compensation to stock performance. Moonves gets an option to buy ... in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have fallen 5.8% this year. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 00:43:56
Blog: Deadline Hollywood Dail...

More details from the Microsoft economic study

I've been getting questions about the Conway study today, mostly about compensation ... compensation was nearly equal -- $5.3 billion, including stock options, vs. Boeing's $5.9 billion ... . Here's the key passage, referring to 2004 pay: Not counting stock option income, annual labor [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 23:51:13
Blog: The Seattle Times: Brie...

Apple Snags Oracle Lawyer as General Counsel Preps to Jump Ship

In a shuffle between companies with legal challenges spanning the globe, ... was in the thick of a stock options scandal. His predecessor there, Nancy Heinen, is now fighting civil charges that she fraudulently backdated stock-options awards to the executive team and a grant to CEO [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 17:51:12
Blog: MacNewsWorld: Mac Intel...

Business.view | Out of options | Economist.com

Regarding stock options and their impact on organizational behavior.. ... create asymmetric incentives: they pay out when a firm’s share price rises above the option exercise ... , by investing in risky activities with long odds on a high pay-off. Comment at Blue Dot [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 12:43:59
Blog: Mohit Srivastava on Blu...

October has been kind to all of our options strategies

The overall market has not quite reached an oversold state and by the looks of it I am not so sure that it will ... us your support by joining our newsletter service. We currently follow 3 stock options strategies ... during the week of options expiration, particularly if you only include the trading days [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:01:57
Blog: stock option strategies...

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