This may make particular sense around retirement age, he says, when people are likely to have more free time to start an exercise program.

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Likely this is not just a one-time, start-to-finish exercise, but an iterative process of trial and error.

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Start by addressing each of the terms of stock-option programs--exercise price, vesting, time to exercise, eligibility and grant size.

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