Verizon's Record Deal

By Chris Hill – Sep 11, 2013 at 6:50PM

NYSE: VZ

Verizon Communications

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Verizon launches the largest corporate bond in history. Should that level of debt terrify investors?

The following video is from Wednesday's Investor Beat, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Matt Argersinger dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

At a whopping $49 billion, this launch of a corporate bond by Verizon (VZ -0.92%) to pay for its acquisition of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone (VOD -1.27%) is the largest in history. In our lead story on Investor Beat, Matt and Matt discuss whether or not Verizon investors should be concerned by the amount of debt the company is taking on for this acquisition and what they thought of the deal.

Chris Hill, Matt Koppenheffer, and Matthew Argersinger have no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Vodafone. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.