Equity Incentive Pay Issues in a Down Market

Uncertainty can have a strong negative impact on stock market performance. There are a number of catalysts that have greatly increased the level of uncertainty in recent months, including, but not limited to, the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, rising interest rates, and near-record levels of inflation over a very short period paired with a tapering of US government bond-buying. Serious global conflicts between major world powers add to this uncertainty. The stock market has reacted in kind, down materially since the start of 2022...

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Bob Romanchek is a partner at the executive compensation consulting firm Meridian Compensation Partners.