Commit To Purchase Fusion-io At $8, Earn 9.4%

Investors considering a purchase of Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $14.12/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 $8 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 75 cents. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 9.4% return against the $8 commitment, or a 7.1% annualized rate of return (at Sto...