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I am not
Don't you think you are already have enough economic exposure to the commercial success of the company you work for? I would rather diversify my exposure.
15% discount?!
Are you?
@jpm2 100% can’t buy puts or single names in IB
Best not to put all your eggs in one basket by buying into your own company, especially when you don’t have control
I participate in our employee share purchase plan, 15% discount to the market at quarter end and dividends automatically reinvest. Each quarter I sell the portion of shares eligible for LT capital gains.
I get 2 for 1 at DB but I’ve still made money by staying away
Wrong way risk
I’m all in on $DB - too bad I can’t buy puts to hedge
@jpm I think you might be able to actually
I'm sure you can as a hedge... If anything you should already be able to sell calls covered by the stock you own. In some cases it might be a better hedge than buying options whose premium erodes away with no movement
Yes, but at a 15% discount
@jpm1 you sure you can’t in a hedging manner? Maybe it’s limited to options on indices (ex. a “macro” hedge)
At UBS I was, even with the 25% discount I'm sitting on a loss!
Not at my current firm. But realistically if I do a portfolio x-ray of all the mutual funds and etfs in my portfolio I have about 3-4% of my retirement assets in my employer stock due to the size of the beast in the US equity markets.
Dang. Think it’s only 5% at JPM...