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ESPP or Mortgage

Comment comment by Anonymous on 29 August 2007

I would suggest taking a look at the annual volatility of the company stock. This will give you an idea of whether you can expect the stock to remain fairly stable over the year-long holding period. A higher volatility means higher risks and potentially higher rewards. The Risk/Reward strategy here may not play well into your home mortgage strategy.

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RE: ESPP or Mortgage by Michael :: NR4

It's hard to beat a 15% immediate return.

My companies stock is volatile and I use that. Once a year or so I dump what I consider overpriced stock into the S&P500 fund. The stock varies between $35 (absurdly low) and $80 (what are the fools thinking?) It's the brightest shining spot of my 401k but it requires lack of greed on my part to jump off the high wave before it peaks. That's hard and a part of me berates myself over not going for the extra $5/share.

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