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Amazon.com Reportedly Floating Massive $18.5 Billion Debt Securities Issue

Amazon.com Reportedly Floating Massive $18.5 Billion Debt Securities Issue

Taking advantage of frothy debt markets, not to mention extremely low interest rates, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is apparently floating $18.5 billion in debt securities. According to those sources, Amazon sold that amount of bonds in eight tranches. Once a model of an ambitious yet chronically loss-making disruptor, Amazon has become consistently profitable.