Equity Compensation — NSO & ISO Basics
The two main types of stock options are incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Many professions love to use acronyms, but especially finance. But as my English-major wife points out, NSO and ISO are initialisms, not acronyms. To make things even more confusing, some use the abbreviation of NQSO instead of NSO; …