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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by idontpost on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:13PM (#32868237)
> Couldn’t you use the 200k cash alternative to buy AAPL, theoretically, and end up in the same boat?

No you couldn't.

You'd have to put in several years of 200k of cash up front to end up in the same boat.

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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by bombcar on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:20PM (#32869212)
I assume you could leverage options to get something similarish but with a larger downside.
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by idontpost on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:26PM (#32869296)
That's still not "ending up in the same boat".
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