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Title: Stock Options for Dummies by Alan R. Simon ISBN: 0-7645-5364-X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is not what I was looking for.
Comment: I was looking for a "dummies" book on options trading (puts, calls, volatility, etc.) so I ordered it. What I got was a comprehensive review of the ramifications of owning stock options issued by the company that employs you. In short, I felt like a dummy for not researching further before purchase. Don't make the same mistake I did. There is a silver lining, though. I promptly repackaged the book in the shipping box that I received it in and sold it through Amazon, recouping almost all of my original cost. If you have any books you don't need or want, I wholeheartedly endorse Amazon's used book marketplace. I gave it 5 stars because of this experience, and the fact that it is another top-notch example from the excellent Dummies series, just not what I was looking for. Incidentally, if you're looking for what I was looking for originally, you can't go wrong with anything Larry McMillan has written.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well rounded discussion on every facet of options
Comment: A well rounded discussion on almost every facet of options, from how to understand the legal implications of the stock option plan to taxation. Simon explains preIPO, IPO, lockup periods, blackout periods, Rule 144 stock in detailed and desciptive ways. The chapters on taxation give an excellent overview - even of the 83b election and is probably sufficient for most. For more comprehensive discussion and tax strategy read Pastore's book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Every option-holder should read this book!
Comment: By far, the best, most thorough, and most honest book on stock options I've ever read. Even though other books (such as Pastore and Thomas) cover taxes on stock options in more detail, the author definitely provides more than enough information, including considerations I've never seen elsewhere - ordinary income tax and AMT implications of working in multiple states, for example. And he covers the dreaded AMT trap of ISOs with detailed scenarios, better and easier to understand than I've seen anywhere else. But by far, this book's greatest value is in the author's no-holds-barred discussion of - as he puts it in one of the chapter headings - the good, the bad, and the ugly of stock options, including an entire chapter on stock option agreements and what to watch for. Like most Dummies books, there is humor and sarcasm, but the author doesn't overdo it; it just makes the book extremely readable. Even those who have had stock options in the past - whether or not they made money or not - will find value in the author's fresh perspective and post-crash look at just about everything about options.
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Title: Stock Investing for Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic ISBN: 0764554115 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures by Scott Barrie ISBN: 0028641388 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 14 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Getting Started in Options, Fifth Edition by Michael C. Thomsett, Michael C. Thomsett ISBN: 0471444936 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Investing for Dummies, Second Edition by Eric Tyson ISBN: 0764551620 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Investing Online for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Kathleen Sindell ISBN: 0764516566 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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