what are options in terms of stock deals?
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An option is a contract where the owner has the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a specific price. The contract has an expiration date.\n\nNot only can you use the option to execute a transaction on the stock, but that contract has a value (based on the agreed price relative to what the stock is currently trading at, plus the time left on the contract).  You can buy it and sell it.
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What exactly do you want to do?  If you want professional software there is a lot of stuff out there.  If you just want to mess around with option pricing stuff you can look at \n\nhttp://www.derivativesmodels.com/DerivativesModels/index.php - and here is a great bunch of free option pricing spreadsheets:\n\nhttp://www.global-derivatives.com/spreadsheets.php
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First, I would suggest ordering the FAS 133 book from the FASB website.  While it will put you to sleep, it has hundreds of examples.  \n\nWarrants are basically stock options attached to a financial instrument as a 'kicker' in financing to provide the potential for higher returns for investors.
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There are people that do make money trading options, but it is not for the faint hearted. You are paying a premium for the right to buy or sell the stock at a particular price within a certain amount of time. \n\nLuck is your most useful tool. If you get lucky and hit a stock during a major move, you will make a lot of money. If you hit a stock at the end of its move, you will loose the amount paid for the options. The more volatile the stock the higher the premium for the option. \n\nMany professionals use the Black-Scholes Pricing Formula for Call Options. Look it up on Yahoo to determine how it works. It is too complicated to go into here.\n\nPersonally I think the best way to make money on options is to write covered calls. That way you get the premium. Of course, if the stock makes a big move on you, some one else gets the benefit of that.
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There are different ways a big company may buy a small company depending on the reason.  In some cases, they may do a straight stock for stock purchase. In others, they may buy up the assets. Yet in others, it may be combination of both.  There are usually some type of financial institutions involved to underwrite the deal, and then they'll have to deal with the aftermath, such as reorganizing the management team and the production and sales/distribution process, etc.  \n\nIf you're a shareholder, you get a prospectus outlining the detail and if it's stock deal, they may offer to buy yours or exchange yours for the new company (if one of the company goes away).  If you're an employee, it may mean a layoff or promotion depending on your skill sets and positioning in the new culture.\n\nBut, this is a very broad question that would take a semester of a university course to answer in somewhat of a meaningful manner.
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Try http://www.optionsxpress.com
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The source is an excellent intro to financial terms, especially the "dictionary" which covers acronyms and phrases.\n\nOff the top of my head:\n\n1. Time value recognizes that value changes with time.  A stock option (to buy or sell stock at a fixed price) is a wasting asset that may be worth less and less as the option date approaches and worth nothing if not exercised.  A contract to erect a building three years from now must recognize that the cost of materials and labor may change by then.\n\n2.  In financial, "discount" can mean that something has been taken into consideration.  The price of a stock today discounted the fact that earnings are expected to double by next year.\n\n3.  As a mortgage is paid off monthly at a fixed amount per month, the debt remaining is less with each payment reducing the interest (but not the interest rate) and more and more of the payments will go to reducing debt as the mortgage is amortized, reduced to zero over time.\n\n4.  Compounding means that if you receive interest on a bank savings account, you also receive interest on any previous interest received and kept in the account.  Compounding may be calculated daily on the account balance (interest posted) or perhaps semi-annually or annually depending on your agreement with the bank.  By extension, If the value of stocks in your IRA increase 10% per year, the value of the investment compounds (Take say $10,000 and multiply it by 0.10 for each year up to your retirement (and it continues to compound as you take out money during retirement).  This is the hidden value in SS personal savings accounts.\n\n5.  Net Present Value relates future value with the present value.  If you invest in IT (information technology) today, what will its future value be to your company, etc.?
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Stock options give you the ability to purchase new shares of stock directly from a company (typically your employer).  In order to exercise them, you must first understand the vesting schedule will outlines when you are allowed to exercise your shares.  Typically the shares vest in annual increments over 3 to 5 years.  You exercise the shares by contacting someone in the finance organization within your company for information about this.\n\nYou will also need to understand if the shares are Pre or Post IPO shares as the tax treatment of the shares is different for each type.
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It depends on the terms of the buyout. Likely you will get stock in 123, but you could get 123 stock and cash or just cash and no stock. All depends on the terms of the sale.
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Here's a list of companies you can buy stock directly from.\n\nhttps://gateway.equiserve.com/igwweb/content/secure/InvestmentPlans/index_plans_new.asp?PlnPage=PlanSearch&PurchOption=
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You now have 2 call options (200 shares) if it's a 2 for 1 split.  Works the same as a stock split.  More stock lower price.
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http://www.fairmark.com/ if you mean employee stock options.
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Puts and calls are examples of options in the stock and bond market. \n\nIn the special language of options, contracts fall into two categories - Calls and Puts. A Call represents the right of the holder to buy stock. A Put represents the right of the holder to sell stock. \n\nCall Options\nA Call option is a contract that gives the buyer the right to buy 100 shares of an underlying stock at a predetermined price (the strike price) for a preset period of time. The seller of a Call option is obligated to sell the underlying security if the Call buyer exercises his or her option to buy on or before the option expiration date. For example, an American-style WXYZ Corporation May 60 Call entitles the buyer to purchase 100 shares of WXYZ Corporation common stock at $60 per share at any time prior to the option's expiration date in May.\n\nPut Options\nA Put option is a contract that gives the buyer the right to sell 100 shares of an underlying stock at a predetermined price for a preset time period. The seller of a Put option is obligated to buy the underlying security if the Put buyer exercises his or her option to sell on or before the option expiration date. Likewise, an American-style WXYZ Corporation. May 60 Put entitles the buyer to sell 100 shares of WXYZ Corp. common stock at $60 per share at any time prior to the option's expiration date in May.\n\nThe Expiration Process\nAt any given time, an option can be bought or sold with one of four expiration dates. This is indicated by a month and year description. The expiration date is the last day an option exists. For listed stock options, this is the Saturday following the third Friday of the expiration month. Please note that this is the deadline by which brokerage firms must submit exercise notices. You should ask your firm to explain its exercise procedures including any deadline the firm may have for exercise instructions on the last trading day before expiration. \n\nExercising the Option\nOptions traders don’t actually have to buy or sell the underlying shares that are associated with their options. They can and often do simply opt to resell their options - or "trade out of their options positions". If they do choose to purchase or sell the underlying shares represented by their options, this is Called exercising the option. \n\nFrom the NASDAQ Website, where there is a neat table showing what these mean for buyers and sellers:\nhttp://www.nasdaq.com/options/ed_what2a.stm\n\nThere is a great discussion of these on the Motley Fool website:\n\nhttp://www.fool.com/foolu/askfoolu/2002/askfoolu020916.htm
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Unless your going through a divorce and your husband/wife has stocks its a legal issue and not a investment check out my source found for Uvested stock options.  However if your looking for more infomation on legal resouces heres a google place to start.\nhttp://lawyercentral.blogspot.com \n\nHope this helps.
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Stock- It enables companies to raise money thru sharing equity and it enables the public to participate in the well being and management of a company.\n\nBond- It enables companies to raise money thru borrowing money and it enables the public to buy debt instruments at a better yield than US Government bonds.\n\nOption- It enables the buyer to participate in the price move of an underlying security for a smaller entry cost than buying the security itself. It enables the seller to generate slight income from an otherwise static position.\n\nFuture- It enables suppliers to lock in sales prices of commodities at some future date...turning a variable revenue into a fixed revenue. It enables buyers to lock in a price paid at some future date...turning a variable expense into a fixed expense.\n\nEssentially financial instruments enable the transfer of capital and risk to occur.
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A stock option is an offer or promise by a company to another party to sell to the other party company stock at a price at or below street value. If the offer is made at a price that is below street value, the company can expect to loose money on the transaction whenever the sale occurs. This for accounting purposes is recorded as a loss to the company, and losses reduce the income of the company - and the loss/reduced income is recorded before the corporate taxes are paid, so the loss is pre-tax.\n\nYou accountants out there feel free to blow me out of the water, if I'm not right, but this is the way my accountant buddy explained it to me.
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Try the chicago board options exchange (www.cboe.com)  I believe the symbol is SPX.