Investors eyeing a purchase of USG Corp (NYSE: USG) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $24.59/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 $15 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.70. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 11.3% return against the $15 commitment, or a 7.1% annualized rate of return (at Stock Opt...
Investors eyeing a purchase of USG Corp (NYSE: USG) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $24.59/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 $15 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.70. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 11.3% return against the $15 commitment, or a 7.1% annualized rate of return (at Stock Opt...
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