Goldman Sachs recently purchased $2.8 billion of PDVSA bonds at $0.32 on the dollar from a third party. Congress in Venezuela is condemning this purchase as support of the troubled government and its leader, Maduro. If Goldman purchased these bonds at such a deep discount, what interest rate/dividend are they receiving on the securities?
The bonds of PDVSA were the source of 90% of the dollars that were brought to Venezuela's economy. The economic condition of Venezuela was very bad and they found it difficult to provide two square meals to their citizens. In such a situation the purchase of PDVSA bonds by Goldman Sachs is mainly for two reasons. One, since these bonds are the only source of dollars for Venezuela so they will utilize whatever money they have on paying the interest on the bond. The bonds are expected to provide a double digit yield. The interest on these bonds will be high as many foreign investors are interested to buy the bonds. So they are high valued bonds.
Goldman Sachs recently purchased $2.8 billion of PDVSA bonds at $0.32 on the dollar from a...
Linda Clark received $223,000 from her mother's estate. She placed the funds into the hands of a broker, who purchased the following securities on Linda's behalf a. Common stock was purchased at a cost of $99,000. The stock paid no dividends, but it was sold for $161,000 at the end of three years. b. Preferred stock was purchased at its par value of $54,000. The stock paid a 6% dividend (based on par value) each year for three years. At...
Check my work 2 Linda Clark received $221,000 from her mothers estate. She placed the funds into the hands of a broker, who purchased the following securities on Linda's behalf a. Common stock was purchased at a cost of $98,000. The stock paid no dividends, but it was sold for $160,000 at the end of three years. b. Preferred stock was purchased at its par value of $53,000. The stock paid a 6% dividend (based on par value) each year...
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