RSUs Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png RSUs Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Stock Options vs. Restricted Stock Units (RSUs): What’s the Difference? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/stock-options-versus-rsu/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:31:05 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4299 Depending on the company you work for, your compensation may include some form of equity — likely stock options or restricted stock units (RSUs). In this post, we’ll explain what they are, how they differ, and why you’re likely to be granted fewer RSUs than stock options (all other things being equal). What are stock […]

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]]> How New College Grads Should Approach Stock Compensation https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/new-college-grad-stock-compensation/ Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:57:08 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4896 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs Over the past two years we have written numerous posts to help you evaluate job offers that include stock options or Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). We […]

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]]> How to Trade Salary for Equity https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/trade-salary-for-equity/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4647 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs These days it’s more important than ever to maximize the financial value you extract from your job. In You Need Equity To Live In Silicon Valley […]

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]]> Improving Tax Results for Your Stock Option or Restricted Stock Grant, Part 3 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/improving-tax-results-stock-options-restricted-stock-grants-2/ Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:37:17 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4378 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs Wrapping It All Up: Tax Strategies In this third and final part to our series on the taxation of stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs), […]

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]]> Improving Tax Results for Your Stock Option or Restricted Stock Grant, Part 2 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/improving-tax-results-stock-options-restricted-stock-grants/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:40:53 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4375 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs Applying the Tax Law to Common Employee Stock Situations In the first part of this three-part series, we discussed the four main taxes relevant to individuals. […]

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]]> Improving Tax Results for Your Stock Option or Restricted Stock Grant, Part 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/improving-tax-results-stock-option-restricted-stock-grant/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:07:17 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4370 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs Silicon Valley is again abuzz with stock option fever (and the option’s cousin, restricted stock units) due to several years of very successful local IPOs — […]

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]]> An Employee Perspective on Equity https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/an-employee-perspective-on-equity/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:21:49 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4227 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs A couple of days ago we wrote a post for company founders that describes our proposal for allocating equity to attract and retain outstanding employees.  We […]

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]]> Manage Vested RSUs Like A Cash Bonus & Consider Selling https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/manage-vested-rsus/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:08:20 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3487 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs If your company gave you a year-end bonus of $100,000, would you use all of it to buy your company’s stock? Hell, no. Yet, scores of […]

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