(Bloomberg) -- Tribune Co. has a 50-50 chance of
missing interest payments on some of the $13 billion in debt it
will have after real estate investor Sam Zell buys the company,
trading in the company's credit-default swaps shows.
Prices of the swaps, financial contracts used to speculate
on a company's ability to repay debt, have jumped $331,000 since
the first step in the sale was completed in May. It costs
$770,000 to protect $10 million of Tribune bonds for five years,
according to CMA Datavision, indicating a more than 50 percent
risk of default. That's up from 32 percent on May 24, based on a
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pricing model.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
missing interest payments on some of the $13 billion in debt it
will have after real estate investor Sam Zell buys the company,
trading in the company's credit-default swaps shows.
Prices of the swaps, financial contracts used to speculate
on a company's ability to repay debt, have jumped $331,000 since
the first step in the sale was completed in May. It costs
$770,000 to protect $10 million of Tribune bonds for five years,
according to CMA Datavision, indicating a more than 50 percent
risk of default. That's up from 32 percent on May 24, based on a
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pricing model.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
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