Hedging Personal Portfolio

For those monkeys who receive some of their compensation in the form of company stock or derive a good chunk of income from boom-and-bust industries like finance or energy (i.e. most employed people here) - to what degree do you hedge your personal exposure? How do you limit your risk?

Edit: noob post/late at night - touché NorthSider

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LOL. You really think that banks would allow their employees (whose trading is severely restricted anyways) to short company stock??

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TexasMacaqueFor those monkeys who receive some of their compensation in the form of company stock or derive a good chunk of income from boom-and-bust industries like finance or energy (i.e. most employed people here) - to what degree do you hedge your personal exposure? How do you limit your risk?

Edit: noob post/late at night - touché NorthSider

 

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