The U.S. labor picture may not be clear, but investors can profit by acquiring shares of Paychex Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) to take advantage of the new employment paradigm.
As the former head of credit and analysis for ADP Capital Management, the investment arm of Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP), I know the outsourced payroll industry from the inside out. ADP - a company in which I have kept the stock I received - is the leader in the payroll sector. It focuses on the larger and more stable companies in the United States.
Today, taking into account the latest employment dynamics, and the massive change in the structural characteristics of the U.S. economy, we are going to focus on an ADP competitor - Paychex Inc.
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Buy, Sell or Hold: Paychex Inc. Offers a Chance to Profit From the Paradigm Shift in Employment
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But here's what most investors don't realize: While it may be hard to find truly undervalued stocks, there is a way to buy perfectly valued shares at a substantial discount to their market price.
At times, that discount can equal 20% or more.
What's more, this strategy can be utilized in virtually any market environment: It doesn't matter whether the bulls are running the show, as they have been recently, or if the market is suffering from a "fiscal hangover," as it was in early 2009.
The technique is known as "selling cash-secured put options" - and, while trading options is viewed as complex and scary by many investors, this particular play is both simple in execution and relatively low in terms of risk.
Here's how it works.