Puerto Rico Being Sued By Hedge Funds For Dodging Payments


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


Puerto Rico's government is facing a lawsuit in New York by a group of hedge funds, which claim the U.S. territory is misusing an emergency fiscal-crisis law to avoid payments on a $3.5 billion in bonds.

Puerto Rico approved "The Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act" in April, which would allow the territory to dodge payments on $3.5 billion in bonds that would otherwise be guaranteed by the island's constitution.

Puerto Rico's debt obligations stands at $70 billion, which is more than any U.S. state can claim — with the exception of California and New York.

Bloomberg cited Puerto Rico's governor's chief of staff Grace Santana as saying that the hedge funds decision to sue rather than negotiate "demonstrates their continued refusal to acknowledge the reality of the commonwealth's fiscal crisis."

On the other hand, the suit claims various wrongdoings by Puerto Rico's government, including improperly diverted tax revenue to a state-run financing corporation to issue more debt rather than repaying bondholders.

The Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. has been issuing billions of dollars worth of debt since 2006, which the bondholders claim is being done to "evade the Constitutional Debt Priority Guarantee."

"The Puerto Rico Constitution's carefully calibrated provisions do not permit such subterfuge," Bloomberg also quoted the plaintiffs as saying.


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


ENTER TO WIN $500 IN STOCK OR CRYPTO

Enter your email and you'll also get Benzinga's ultimate morning update AND a free $30 gift card and more!

Posted In: NewsHedge FundsPoliticsLegalMediaGeneralBondholders Suing Puerto RicoGrace SantanaPuerto RicoPuerto Rico Debt