Commit To Purchase Boston Properties At $85, Earn 4.4% Annualized

Investors considering a purchase of Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $103.55/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2014 put at the $85 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $2.10. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 2.5% return against the $85 commitment, or a 4.4% annualized rate of...