Investors considering a purchase of Markel Corp (NYSE: MKL) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $519.63/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the April 2014 put at the $490 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $16.20. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 3.3% return against the $490 commitment, or a 5% annualized rate of return (at S...
Investors considering a purchase of Markel Corp (NYSE: MKL) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $519.63/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the April 2014 put at the $490 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $16.20. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 3.3% return against the $490 commitment, or a 5% annualized rate of return (at S...
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