What does it mean to "buy a call"? Call options are the right to control a stock at a certain price for a predetermined amount of time. Call options are quoted in price per share, but one option contract is for 100 shares of the underlying stock. The price of one contract is 100 times the
A "jumping flea" sounds like something to be avoided, right? Not if you are from Hawaii and love music. You see the "jumping flea" is a nickname for the musical instrument, the ukulele. The ukulele is a four-stringed, guitar-shaped musical instrument with a long his
The internet has evolved from a cyber-wonderland to an anarchistic, and treacherous, landscape where the least scrupulous amongst us are engaged in a vicious free-for-all. The Latin expression "Caveat Emptor" (let the buyer beware) is at the height of its meaning there, and n