Timing is money: Strategic news drops may be boosting executive pay

Timing is money: Strategic news drops may be boosting executive pay

Matt Harrison Clough for BIA Business Insider analysis of more than a decade's worth of executive compensation data suggests that some corporate leaders could be enriching themselves by timing market-moving announcements around scheduled stock options grant dates.Stock options give an employee the right to buy company shares at a fixed "strike" price, normally set on the day the option is awarded, and sell them later at market value. Stock optio…