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Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
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The Wrong Way to Invest Today Avoid the temptation to use volatility for short-term gains. |
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The Motley Fool
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Picking the Next Apple Based on insider ownership, that is. |
The Motley Fool
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Another Failure for Home Depot So why are shareholders celebrating? Home Depot gets rid of its Supply business, but still fails shareholders by developing short-sighted, entirely reactive business plans. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2005
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Shopping for Tax Rates Investors who pay taxes as soon as possible end up with more money. It does require careful tax planning and management of trading costs, but the proactive value it can add to a client's aggregate investment portfolio makes it well worth considering. |
Fast Company
June 2002
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Memo to: CEOs Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call... |
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David M. Katz |
The Price They're Paid Even without stock options, top finance chiefs are changing in hefty pay packages. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2004
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On CEOs and Overconfidence Contrary to popular belief, mergers don't always reward shareholders. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future Private companies are much more focused on the long term when making deals than their publicly owned counterparts. Which side has the right idea? |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
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Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
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How Traders Play the Timing Game Finance professor Jason Greene explains why this technique hurts buy-and-hold fund investors and how to protect yourself |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Do CEOs Care What Shareholders Think? "Say on pay," where shareholders to voice their approval or disapproval of executive pay packages via nonbinding votes, is slowly gaining traction, and over many years we'll come to see many companies featuring it. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2007
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Home Depot Gets Religion The board of directors requires a two-thirds vote to approve CEO pay. Now let's see what else its members can come up with to restore investor confidence in their ability to lead Home Depot forward. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
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Tax Advisor: Quite a Gift Lenox Advisors partner Tom Henske gives clients a precious commodity: time. In this interview, Henske discusses taxes, high-net-worth clients and his firm's approach to tax planning. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2004
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Conflicts of Interest Linger Many CFOs may not know enough accounting to do their jobs right. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2011
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Charlie Munger and the Psychology of Human Misjudgment Let's review his list of 25 dangerous investor tendencies -- starting with No. 1: reward and punishment superresponse. |
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July 1, 2006
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Say Yes to Dr. No? New research suggests that CFOs are an essential counterweight to optimistic CEOs. |
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April 1, 2005
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Devil in the Details Executives' contracts are attracting a tremendous amount of scrutiny in today's regulatory environment. |
Fast Company
October 2002
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Just Like the Rest of Us We've heard all the proposals for reform. More oversight. Tighter controls. Tougher penalties. Here's a radical idea! What if CEOs had to earn their pay? |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2009
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You Can Save Thousands Without Lifting a Finger Rather than cashing in the long-held winning stocks in your portfolio, you may find that by holding onto those winners, you can legally avoid paying huge amounts of money to the folks you'd least want to have it -- the IRS. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Losing It Holding a personal financial stake in their companies has cost many managers a bundle. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2006
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Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
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CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear. |
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May 1, 2009
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Good Sports CFOs have to build teams and play on them. It isn't easy. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
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Things Are Looking Up CFOs are enjoying larger pay gains than other C-level executives, for good reason. |
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March 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
Nor a Lender Be The message to those who have little choice but to finance customers in this environment is: Proceed with caution. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
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A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism. |
BusinessWeek
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Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
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The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
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Investors, Get What You're Paying For CEO compensation has nothing to do with performance. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
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Living Large In The Corner Office CEOs are raking it in again, even as boards keep a closer eye on performance. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2009
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Buffett and Bogle Bash Wall Street If it's good enough for Buffett and Bogle, maybe long-term-focused investing is good enough for us, too. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2006
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Listen, Learn, Change The daily headline trail for Home Depot is beginning to rival that of any high profile Hollywood breakup. Many investors and other observers are piping mad right now. But things should eventually blow over; the company itself is performing quite well. |
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September 1, 2009
Josh Hyatt |
The Crackdown Continues Congress is working on a bill to give shareholders more say on pay, while companies on their own are reining in excess. |
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February 2009
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CEO Salaries in the Crosshairs Pay-for-performance structures are enjoying a resurgence. |
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October 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Who Owns Your Stock? For CFOs, who owns the company's stock is a critical question that doesn't always have an easy answer. How much impact investor secrecy has on the efficiency of the market is unclear. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2010
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Bad Times Could Be Good for Shareholders Now is the time to remember the power of long-term thinking. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2006
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Home Depot Abdicates Responsibility When management and directors abdicate their responsibilities, what can shareholders do? Either oust management and the board, or oust the stock from your portfolio. |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Changing Fortunes: The 2004 Compensation Survey To be sure, stock options are not going away. But with those options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse -- and smaller. |
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February 1, 2009
Josh Hyatt |
Getting Smaller, but Not Quieter If you thought hedge funds' troubles mean they'll give up on shareholder activism, think again. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2009
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"Say on Pay" a Boon for Advisors, but for Shareholders? Shareholder anger about former excesses, and the demand for say-on-pay, is not likely to disappear anytime soon. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 6, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? There is added pressure on managers to produce short-term earnings regardless of the impact on the long-term health of the business. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Are the CEOs of Google and Apple Underpaid? Did the former CEO of Home Depot deserve to get nailed for his pay package? What do investors really need to know about executive compensation? |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 25, 2006
Desai & Margolis |
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem. |
CFO
March 1, 2005 |
Paradigm Shifts The 20 events that most altered the practice of corporate finance since CFO magazine first began reporting on it in 1985. |
