11.   An option is the right to buy or sell stocks at a set price by a particular date.

12.   Analyst Paul Haagensen follows the stock at Putnam.

13.   Analysts said Hynix Semiconductor may have to price the stock at a deep discount.

14.   Analysts say investors traditionally turn to smaller-capitalized stocks at this time of year.

15.   And he can buy stock at a discount.

16.   An option gives the owner the right to buy stock at a specific price, known as the strike.

17.   An option is the right to buy a certain number of shares of stock at a set price.

18.   And it helps that credit is now easy for many companies, which can either borrow money at good rates or sell stock at high prices to finance takeovers.

19.   And it is not just French Champagnes that are out of stock at the winery level.

20.   And who better than the securities analyst employed by the investment bank running the offering -- a critical player in selling the stock at the road show party?