Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP)

This post explains the wealth-creation benefits of participating in an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP). These plans are an employee benefit available at many companies that have issued publicly traded stock. Executive Summary If a company offers an employee discount, employees pay tax at ordinary income tax rates on the discount amount when shares are […]

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Sound Advice Beats a Cacophony of Chatter

A video illustrates what goes on in the financial world. Voices come at us from all directions and from varying points of view, each one claiming to know when the market will peak, so you can achieve the (unattainable) market ideal of always buying low and selling high.

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