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About Dish DBS Corp.

These are bonds issued by Dish DBS Corp ("Dish). Dish operates a pay TV susbcription service delivered via satellites. Dish competes with cable companies that provide cable television into people's homes. (Phone companies such as AT&T and Verizon are also newer competitors in the pay TV market.) A subscriber to Dish's service gets access to cable channels such as CNN, ESPN, Discovery,... Continue reading...

About Levi Strauss:

Levi Strauss & Co. is an apparel maker. The company's primary product is Levi's Jeans. The company has been in business since the era of the California Gold Rush, founded in 1853. Levi's jeans have been a product of the company since 1873.

Levi's jeans and other Levi Strauss brands, such as Dockers, are sold in over 110 countries. Levi's-branded products made up 84% of the company's... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by The Hertz Corporation. Hertz is primarily in the car rental business with brands including Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar car rental brands. Collectively, Hertz Corp. operates over 10,270 car rental locations worldwide through corporate-owned, licensed, and franchised locations worldwide.

Hertz also operates an equipment rental business. Equipment rental includes earthmoving equipment,... Continue reading...

About Del Monte Corp.

Del Monte Corp. was acquired by an investor group led by KKR in 2011. From the company's annual report, Del Monte Corporation is one of the country's largest producers of branded pet foods along with consumer food products. Pet food and pet snacks brands include Meow Mix, Kibbles ‘n Bits, Milk-Bone, 9Lives, Pup-Peroni, Gravy Train, Nature’s Recipe, Canine Carry Outs,... Continue reading...

About Expedia, Inc.

The following is based on information provided in Expedia Inc.'s 2012 Annual Report (link to read entire annual report in PDF). Expedia Inc. is the world's largest online travel company with travel bookings representing 3% of total worldwide travel spending. Expedia, Inc. owns and operates online travel brands including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com. The Company's sites are... Continue reading...

These bonds are issued by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The company was formed in 1898. According to the Company's most recent annual report (link to the 2012 annual report - PDF): "Goodyear is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world." Worldwide sales for 2012 were $21 billion with net... Continue reading...

These are corporate bonds issued by NASDAQ OMX Group. NASDAQ OMX operates multiple securities exchanges around the world including The NASDAQ Stock Market. NASDAQ OMX Group charges transaction fees whenever there are trades placed on The NASDAQ Stock Market or on the many other exchanges owned by the company. NASDAQ OMX also makes money from market data and from issuers of securities. (Learn more about... Continue reading...

These bonds are issued by US Steel (United States Steel Corporation). US Steel is an integrated steel producer.

The bonds are rated B1 by Moody's and BB by S&P. These are considered "below-investment grade" ratings. (Here is a link to US Steel's 2012 Annual Report.)

The bonds mature on Feb 1, 2018. The bonds are offered at a price of 106.969. If you hold the bonds to maturity and US Steel redeems the bonds... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by Cablevision Systems Corporation.

Cablevision is a provider cable television, telephone, and internet services to residents. Its main market is the New York City metropolitan area.

The bonds mature on April 15, 2020.... less than 7 years and 2 months from today. If you hold the bonds to maturity and provided that Cablevision redeems the bonds, your yield-to-maturity will be 5.95%.

The... Continue reading...

These are certificates of deposit (CD) issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA. The CD is FDIC-insured.

If you hold the CD to maturity, your yield-to-maturity will be 2.76%.

These are bonds issued by J Crew Group Inc. J Crew is an apparel retailer that sells its own brand of clothing and accessories through its own retail stores and through the web and mail-order catalog. J Crew is led by Mickey Drexler (CNBC documentary here).

J Crew Group Inc. issued $400 million of these 2019 bonds as a part of the financing for a 2011 management buyout of the company. Total long-term debt is... Continue reading...

Cablevision Systems

These are bonds issued by Cablevision Systems. Cablevision is a provider of cable television, high-speed internet, and telephone services to homes and businesses. Cablevision largely serves homes in the New York metropolitan area. According to their latest earnings release, Cablevision had approximately 3,640,000 customers of one of its service offerings of cable, phone, or Internet; 3.2... Continue reading...

These are corporate bonds are issued by Compass Bank of Birmingham, Alabama. Compass Bank does business as BBVA Compass in the United States. (link: BBVA Compass website.) BBVA Compass offers consumer and commercial banking services.

These securities are NOT FDIC-insured. The bonds are rated Baa3 by Moody's and BB+ by Standard and Poor's. Baa3 from Moody's is an investment-grade rating. BB+ from S&P is a... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by Ally Financial. Ally Financial is the new name of the former GMAC. Ally Financial is currently majority-owned by the United States Treasury. It was reported in the Wall Street Journal this morning the US Treasury is planning to wind down its 74% ownership stake in Ally Financial Inc. (read the Wall Street Journal article here.)

The bonds mature in less than 2 years on January 15,... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Venezuela is a country in South America. As a leading oil producing nation, Venezuela is a member of OPEC. (read more at OPEC's website.)

These bonds are US dollar-denominated. The bonds mature on September 19, 2013. At the time of posting, these bonds mature less than 9 months from now. The bonds are priced 103.5. At this price, the yield to... Continue reading...

These bonds are issued by Dell Inc. Dell is a computer manufacturer. According to news reports, Dell is in discussions to go private (Bloomberg). The bonds are currently rated A2 by Moody's and A- by S&P. The bonds mature on June 15, 2019.

Over the past few days, the bonds have declined substantially in price with the yields on Dell bonds correspondingly higher based on the buyout talks. According to the... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by Dell Inc. You may remember them from their "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" commercials. Currently, there are rumors that Dell is in talks to go private. Dell bonds do not have any "change of control" provisions - as such, the company may go private or change control in terms of ownership without triggering any redemption of the bonds. Often times, the company may issue even more debt... Continue reading...

These are corporate bonds issued by E*Trade Financial Corporation. E*Trade Financial is rated below-investment grade by both Moody's and S&P. Moody's rates it B2 and S&P rates it B-. These ratings are on the lower end of the "B" spectrum.

The bonds are available at a price of 106.690. At this price, the yield to maturity is 4.58%. The bonds mature on June 1, 2016. The bonds are continuously callable.... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by Levi Strauss & Co. For over a century, their primary product has been Levi's jeans. The company is privately-held.

These bonds mature in 2022. At the price of 109.100, the bonds have a yield-to-call of 5.204%. The bonds are callable in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. If the bonds are called prior to maturity on the call dates, the price at which Levi Strauss will redeem the bonds is... Continue reading...

These are bonds issued by Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson is one of a handful of companies in the world rated "triple-A" by both Moody's (Aaa) and S&P (AAA).

The bonds mature in 2029; this is less than 20 years from now. At the offered price of 143.301, the bonds yield 3.496% to maturity; the bonds are noncallable.