Commit To Purchase Edwards Lifesciences At $55, Earn 4.8%

Investors eyeing a purchase of Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE: EW) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $71.81/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 $2.65. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 4.8% return against the $55 commitment, or a 3.6% annualized rate of ret...