At 12:37 PM 07/08/2002 -0700, you wrote:
joanna writes:>Problem is,
options don't work in a bear market. <
right, but BW says that that's making companies issue more
of them -- and, more importantly, encourages the "market" to be
even more bearish.
Jim Devine
Exactly,
Joanna
At 12:48 PM 07/08/2002 -0700, you wrote:
RE
joanna writes:>Problem is, options don't work in a bear market.
<
But when the stock market does start to go up--and a huge
overhang of stock options are finally cashed in--what might happen to the
stock market?
Eric
.
Exactly,
Joanna
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27753] Re: more & more stock options
REjoanna
writes:>Problem is, options don't work in a bear market.
<
But when the stock market does
start to go up--and a huge overhang of stock options are finally cashed in--what
might happen to the stock market?
Eric
.
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27753] Re: more & more stock options
joanna writes:>Problem is, options don't work in a bear market. <
right, but BW says that that's making companies issue more of them -- and, more importantly, encourages the "market" to be even mo
Problem is, options don't work in a bear market.
At Sun, they've given out options a couple of times since the stock price
slide (120s to 5) -- but the problem is that since the stock is heading
down relentlessly, a few weeks after you get say 1000 options at 18, the
stock goes "underwater" to u
Title: more & more stock options
BUSINESSWEEK/JULY 15, 2002
An Overdose of Options
Depressed stock prices are prompting companies to issue more options than ever
Stock options were supposed to be the great motivator, letting top management reap a share of the gains they produced
