Financial Statement Analysis Case Commonwealth Edison Co. The following article appeared in the Wall Street Journal .
Question:
Financial Statement Analysis Case
Commonwealth Edison Co.
The following article appeared in theWall Street Journal.
Bond Markets
Giant Commonwealth Edison Issue Hits Resale Market With $70 Million Left Over
NEW YORKCommonwealth Edison Co.'s slow-selling new 9% bonds were tossed onto the resale market at a reduced price with about $70 million still available from the $200 million offered Thursday, dealers said.
The Chicago utility's bonds, rated double-A by Moody's and double-A-minus by Standard & Poor's, originally had been priced at 99.803, to yield 9.3% in 5 years. They were marked down yesterday the equivalent of about $5.50 for each $1,000 face amount, to about 99.25, where their yield jumped to 9.45%.
Instructions
(a)
How will the development above affect the accounting forCommonwealth Edison's bond issue?
(b)
Provide several possible explanations for the markdown and the slow sale of Commonwealth Edison's bonds.
Accounting Principles
ISBN: 9781119707110
14th Edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Jill E. Mitchell