I really thought USB was safe, but the options market is telling me otherwise.
The put volume is massive and I am thinking about a small piggyback position.
Do you have any opinions about this?
Position: Long USB
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well the puts are basically--as i see--pricing in 2 bucks of downside, so
safe/unsafe and its going to trade lower i think are different things. id
personally flip it and pick up some calls, then if they miss short the common.
USB does have one of the safest balance sheets in the banking sector... but that
just makes it the best house in a bad neighborhood.
I don't have grand expectations for the quarterly report tomorrow, but I do
believe that the 42.5-cent quarterly dividend (5.3% yield) is one of the few
safe ones in the industry.
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