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At least for public companies employees can buy stock in their company to get exposure to the gains.
by charcircuit 1y ago
At least for public companies employees can buy stock in their company to get exposure to the gains.
- IAmBroom 1y agoNow, thankfully, yes. There used to be a high $ hurdle to opening investment accounts.
- sanderjd 1y agoNot if they work for a private company. Arguably, employees should just avoid working for private companies that have no mechanism for employees to participate in their equity. But in practice this is unrealistic for lots of people.
- marssaxman 1y agoInvesting your capital into the same company which pays your salary is the opposite of diversification, no? The advice I've always read is to sell your ESPP shares immediately, thereby realizing the discount percentage, then put the money into VTSAX or some comparable fund.
- charcircuit 1y agoI never said it would diversify. I said that you would be able to make more money when the company makes more money.