Investors eyeing a purchase of F5 Networks, Inc. (NASD: FFIV) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $81.40/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2015 put at the $55 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $4.95. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 9% return against the $55 commitment, or a 5.4% annualized rate of return (at St...
Investors eyeing a purchase of F5 Networks, Inc. (NASD: FFIV) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $81.40/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2015 put at the $55 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $4.95. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 9% return against the $55 commitment, or a 5.4% annualized rate of return (at St...
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