Being naked shortanoption, puts you in a completely different risk category and you would want to be sure you understand all of the implications of doing so.
No wonder that, in the current antitrust case, the Department of Justice is nervous about a settlement or a remedy that falls short of a break-up (an option that seems increasingly unlikely).
Major publishers are taking wildly different approaches to resolving the woes surrounding e-book lending at libraries: they're experimenting with both the short-yet-cheap subscription as well as an expensive option to pay only once for perpetual use.
In short he noted that the spread betting companies offered contracts for differences (not unlike anoption but a gambling contract, not anoption itself) based upon the best bid and offer prices on the London Stock Exchange.
The Pac-12 Networks are likely to be less profitable than the Big Ten and SEC networks in the short run but allow the Pac-12 to keep the revenue it generates and retain the option to sell an ownership share.