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Verizon Horizon

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In the dismal recent days we’ve been having, I entered a trade on something I had never traded in my life – Verizon (symbol VZ). I was surprised just now to see its puts up 30%, particularly since they are quite conservative (June 16th 2023 at $45 strike). I’ve shed one-third of them, since I’m not sure how much more juice I can get out of this lemon (and, I confess, a P/E of 8.9 doesn’t excite me). It’s quite a big top, though: