This webinar on employee stock option exercise strategies for financial advisors was sponsored by myStockOptions.com. Click here for access to the presentation slides, webinar recording and for CE credits. The webinar features a panel of experienced stock option planning specialists, and the agenda included: Stock option fundamentals, including a review of taxation NQSO vs ISO: […]
Author: Bill Dillhoefer
Insights on Providing Equity Compensation Guidance
The following slide set is from a CFP continuing education credit session presented at the 2022 Technology Tools for Today (T3) conference in Denton, Texas. By: Bill Dillhoefer, CEO Net Worth Strategies, Inc. T3 Conference 2022 Presentation CFP CE
StockOpter Walk Thru Video
This 8-minute video for financial advisors provides a walk thru of the StockOpter.com platform for helping clients get the most out of their company stock and option positions. StockOpter enables advisors to: Attract and engage stock plan recipients Efficiently manage client equity compensation holdings Generate and justify AUM or planning fees Help clients make timely […]
Survey Indicates that Stock Plan Participants Need More Than Education
The Morgan Stanley at Work 2021 Annual Stock Plan Participant Survey contained a number of notable findings regarding equity compensation programs and recipients including: Most respondents (75%) feel confident in their ability to access their stock plan account online, but only half (52%) understand how to sell their company shares. 66% aren’t confident that they […]
Report on Stock Option Planning Technology
A report published by Kitces.com entitled “The Technology That Independent Financial Advisors Actually Use (And Like)” provides some interesting insights on what financial advisors are using to assist clients that receive employee stock options and other forms of equity compensation. Stock Option Planning Stock Options is another specialized domain where advisors often find a need […]
Analysis of Rule 10b5-1 Proposed Changes
From the NASPP blog by Jennifer Namazi. The SEC has proposed an overhaul of Rule 10b5-1 plans. NASPP Executive Director Barbara Baksa recently caught up with John Jenkins, Senior Editor of CCRcorp, to discuss thoughts on the draft legislation. John and Barbara cover many of the proposed Rule 105-1 changes in the podcast episode Half Empty […]
Press Release: StockOpter.com Adds Equity Compensation Tax Planning
Bend, OR, November 29, 2021 – StockOpter.com, the wealth management industry’s leading application for providing clients with sophisticated equity compensation guidance now includes multi-year tax and cash flow modeling functionality. In addition to StockOpter.com’s equity compensation valuation and risk analytics, advisors can now model diversification strategies over a 10-year horizon that provide detailed tax, cash flow […]
Podcast: The Importance of Diversification When Managing Your Employer Stock & Options
In this episode of the Tech Money Podcast, Malcolm Ethridge sits down with Bill Dillhoefer, CEO of Net Worth Strategies Inc, as they discuss the importance of diversification when managing employer stock and options. Bill describes his company’s StockOpter software, and the ways it helps financial planning professionals advise clients who are paid in equity. […]
When is an Option Grant Ripe for Picking?
By Stoddard Barnhill and Phillip Barnhill This is a geeky treatment of a complex subject. Still, our singular intent in this blog is to introduce you to a statistical methodology to help optimize your option exercise strategy. Therefore, for this blog, we assume that our reader has a core grasp of the mechanics of equity […]
Marketing Approaches for the Equity Compensation Niche
This is the executive summary for an excellent article from Kitces.com on marketing approaches. The author, Kristen Luke describes three primary types of firm marketing strategies: Transaction, Relationship and Expertise. For the equity compensation planning niche, a combination of the “Relationship” and “Expertise” approaches would be appropriate because this niche requires substantial planning expertise within […]