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Cerner Employees: How Does the Oracle Buyout Affect Your Stock Compensation?

On December 20th, 2021, Cerner put out a news release with the simple title Oracle Buys Cerner. As a former Kansas City tech employee who has gone through an acquisition, I feel you.

Anxiety runs high. Speculation becomes rampant! It can run the gamut from “we’re all getting canned tomorrow!” to “we’re saved!”

Rather than feed into the speculation, let’s focus on what we know about Cerner’s stock.

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I’m a Financial Planner and I Don’t Think You Should Hire Me

Let me explain.

This is not about me. I’m not trying to play some kind of reverse psychology trick on you.

This is not a message of “just pick yourself up by your bootstraps and do it yourself” (more on that below).

This is not challenging the value of financial planning.

This is not challenging the value of a financial planner.

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