Commit To Purchase Allscripts Healthcare Solutions At $10, Earn 8%

Investors considering a purchase of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASD: MDRX) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $13.47/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 $10 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 80 cents. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 8% return against the $10 commitment, or a 5.2% ann...