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Planning for Early Retirement When You Have Equity Compensation

No matter where you are at in your career, thinking and planning for retirement should be top-of-mind. For employees with equity compensation packages, you may have already reached your retirement goals if you include the value of your package. On the other hand, you may need to take a deeper look into your finances before you make the jump into retirement.

Equity Compensation Explained

is any compensation that is based on the value of specified stock (generally, the stock of the employer). It usually imposes a vesting period, which encourages you to remain with the company for a certain time to receive the

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