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There is if you are an executive that is privy to non-public information.

• gruez 4y ago
  That's insider trading, and a whole different accusation than the one levied above, which is implying some sort of wealth inequality issue that executives are compensated in stocks and non-executives are compensated in cash.
  • alasdair_ 4y ago
    My point is that if you have non-public information, you can’t actually sell the shares for cash whenever you wish, so it’s not the same thing.
    • gruez 4y ago
      >you can’t actually sell the shares for cash whenever you wish, so it’s not the same thing. I guess it's true that you can't sell "whenever you wish", but if you set up a rule 10b5-1 plan your shares are effectively as good as cash.