REQUEST FOR Hertz Bond Analysis INSTRUCTIONS For this week d

REQUEST FOR Hertz Bond Analysis

INSTRUCTIONS

For this week discussion you will be using

http://www.barrons.com/public/page/bonds.html?mod=BOL_Nav_INV_hps

Choose one company from the list of “Most Active Investment Grade Bonds” or “Most Active High Yield Bonds”. Do not choose from “Most Active Convertible Bonds”

In your initial response you should answer the question: If you are an investor who is looking for a bond to invest to, are you going to buy a bond that you chose? You should develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale to explain your answer.

In your responses to other students you should answer the question: Would you prefer to buy the bond issued by the company chosen by another student? You should develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale to explain your answer.

Solution

As per the data source given in question , the list of bond under category of \"Most Active Investment Grade Bonds\" , i would prefer to make invest in bond issued by AT&T INC , with coupon rate of 5.25%, maturity at 1-mar-2037 showing current yield of 5.117 %, as detailed below.

Supporting rationale as below:

I would prefer to investment in PETSMART INC bond in the category of \"“Most Active High Yield Bonds”, detailed below.

Supporting rationale as below: