Comments on: How to deal with company stocks & options http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2006/05/company-stocks-options/ A site to share my tips, tools, and humble thoughts on the journey to wealth Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:24:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Frugal http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2006/05/company-stocks-options/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Frugal Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:03:48 +0000 http://www.1stmillionat33.com/2006/05/company-stocks-options/#comment-2034 Agreed. Diversification is always very important, especially in respect to your own employing company. Agreed. Diversification is always very important, especially in respect to your own employing company.

]]> By: Investopedia http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2006/05/company-stocks-options/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Investopedia Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:13:25 +0000 http://www.1stmillionat33.com/2006/05/company-stocks-options/#comment-1999 this article http://www.research401k.com/401k-company-stock.html also talks about diversification and investing too much of your retirement assets in company stock "The fraud case of Enron is a big mind opener for companies that have too much of their employees' 401k retirement savings invested in company stock. About 57.3% of all Enron employees (11000 employees in total) had their retirement savings invested in the company's stock, which lost 99% of its value in 2001. The value of their 401k retirement savings plunged by $1 billion in just six weeks!" this article http://www.research401k.com/401k-company-stock.html also talks about diversification and investing too much of your retirement assets in company stock

“The fraud case of Enron is a big mind opener for companies that have too much of their employees’ 401k retirement savings invested in company stock. About 57.3% of all Enron employees (11000 employees in total) had their retirement savings invested in the company’s stock, which lost 99% of its value in 2001. The value of their 401k retirement savings plunged by $1 billion in just six weeks!”

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