You Buy 1,000 Shares of Sunbeam at 11 1/8 and Write

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Essay

You buy 1,000 shares of Sunbeam at 11 1/8 and write 10 calls at a premium of 4 3/8 with a strike price of 7 1/2. The stock goes to 20 in 6 months. You receive a 8 cent dividend per share. If the calls are exercised (which is the likely assumption), what is your percentage return?

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Definitions:

Inventory Shrinkage

The loss of products between acquisition and sale, often due to theft, damage, or errors in inventory management.

Perpetual Inventory System

A bookkeeping approach that documents inventory movements as they occur, ensuring the inventory balance is always current.

Net Price Method

The net price method accounts for purchases after subtracting discounts, essentially calculating the actual price paid for goods or services after all reductions.

Purchase Discounts Lost

The extra cost incurred by a company for not taking advantage of the discounts offered by suppliers for early payments.