11. Evaluating a Corporate Bond Issue. Choose a corporate bond and use Mergent’s Industrial Manuals, Standard & Poor’s Bond Guide

(available at your college or public library), or Internet research to answer the following questions about this bond issue. (Obj. 5)

a. What is the bond rating for the issue?

b. What is the purpose of the issue?

c. Does the issue have a call provision?

d. Who is the trustee for the issue?

e. What collateral, if any, has been pledged as security for the issue?

f. Based on the information you have obtained, would the bond be a good investment for you? Why or why not?