Consider hedging company stocks/options

Life gets in the way of your best intentions. As a busy executive, work and family usually are your highest priorities, while portfolio management gets left to a few moments on weekends and evenings.

Owning company stock and/or options throws an extra challenge into the mix. Overconfidence can lead to an underestimation of the real risk of these investments. Since you work for the company you feel that you will be able to tell in advance when to get out of the stock, even though you are not supposed to.

But trying to find the best strategies to hedge or dispose…