They will write options, earning premiums for selling insurance against extreme market movements.

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Many of the top-earning executives exercised stock options in years when stock prices were relatively high, such as 2000, 2005 and 2007.

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Once players have begun earning wealth, they have numerous options for spending, saving or investing that wealth.

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Set a timer for 5 minutes and write down as many options you can think of for earning money outside your current job.

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Yet, eyeballing my sample, I instantly spotted numerous pitchers earning chief executive pay (okay, without the stock options), but sporting outsize earned-run averages.

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The increased use of bonuses and stock options makes it harder to gauge exactly what people are earning.

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There are a couple of options, the most logical being a limitation on deductions for those earning in excess of a certain threshold.

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