Author name: David J Hoare

Masters of Science in Accounting, 30 YRS of business administration and financial reporting; prepared over 4,000 tax returns. Big believer in the business concept of 'marginal value' and its impact with market price. An advocate of the feedback loop in construction.

Sold PUTS Norfolk Southern Railroad

With options, an owner of stock fears a sudden steep drop in price and thus they may purchase an option called ‘PUTs’ to force someone to buy the stock at a preset price. The key for the owner of a PUT is to set a floor price for their existing stock position. A seller of a PUT desires to own the stock at a certain price if it can get there.

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