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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 215.65+0.3%Dec 29 3:59 PM EST

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To: burn2learn who wrote (56076)9/22/2001 10:28:26 PM
From: BilowRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
Hi burn2learn; Cool! Someone asking for advice! Take the money and run. Even if that company happens to be AMD, which isn't so over valued. But if this is the usual option deal where they give you 4 or 5 years to vest, it would only be 1000 shares per year. To make it worth your while (and your risk), you want to have a realistic chance of making triple your money. If you're giving up 50K per year, that means an options package worth (assuming 4 years) maybe triple 4 x 50K = 600K. With 4000 shares, that means you want to see a good chance of seeing that stock rise by $150 per share.

No way is AMD going to be $160 per share 4 years from now, I think.

It's almost undoubtedly a better deal to take the money. There are some other considerations. The other company could be a lot more fun to work at. Money isn't everything.

In addition, there are probably some good options deals at small (preferably private) companies out there. Those stocks have sometimes exploded. But those are chancy things, and I'd only do it if it was something I liked doing anyway.

-- Carl
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