Tag Archives: bond rating

A Bond Rating’s Worth – Buyer Beware – Seekingalpha.com

What’s a bond rating worth? The better question is, how much do you rely on them? The answer for retail municipal bond investors is, completely.The point of ratings is to help investors obtain compensation that is at least commensurate with … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Stafford’s bond rating improves – Free Lance-Star

Stafford County is moving up the financial grading scale. Standard and Poor’s Rating Services has raised the county’s bond rating from AA- to AA. This rating affects the interest rates on money that the county borrows for major capital projects. … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

S&P Writes Wrong Headline Upgrading Brazil Bond Rating After France Gaffe – Bloomberg

Standard & Poor’s, a week after roiling global markets with an erroneous message to subscribers suggesting it cut France’s credit rating, sent a release today announcing that it had raised Brazil’s credit ranking to BBB-. That’s the … Inflation Policy … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Town’s bond rating slips – Times Union

NISKAYUNA– Citing the town’s shrinking surplus over the past three years, a major Wall Street rating service has slightly downgraded Niskayuna’s bond rating. “The downgrade to Aa3 from Aa2 is based on the decline in reserves over the past several … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Fitch Downgrades N.J. Bond Rating Despite Pension Overhaul – FOX News

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s bond rating was downgraded one notch on Wednesday, signaling increased concern to potential investors over the state’s growing unfunded pension and health benefits liabilities.  The state’s bonds are still … Inflation Policy News Link

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Bond rating for N.J. is down a tick – Philadelphia Daily News

TRENTON – New Jersey’s bond rating was downgraded one notch Wednesday, signaling increased concern to potential investors over the state’s growing unfunded pension and health-benefits liabilities. The state’s bonds are still considered high grade, but the … Inflation Policy News … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Issues Publications Detailing CMBS Ratings Process – Yahoo Finance

NEW YORK–(Company WIRE)– Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), these days released three Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) Criteria publications, which provide detailed insight into the … Inflation Policy News Link

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Town finance director corrects letter on bond rating – Foxboro Reporter

Foxboro Finance Director Randy Scollins said last week that a letter written by Neil Forster, Esq. and published in The Foxboro Reporter on May 5 contained an error which he referred to as “potentially harmful” to the town’s taxpayers and … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thank you, Standard & Poor’s – Los Angeles Times

Standard & Poor’s, the bond rating service, has been widely mocked for its recent prediction that the U.S. government could default on its bonds. It’s a highly qualified prediction, sort of a prediction of a prediction of a remote possibility. … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Japan’s Credit-Rating Paradox – Wall Street Journal

Japan's Credit-Rating ParadoxWall Street Journal22 cut its outlook on Japan's bond rating to "negative" from "stable," a change in outlook widely interpreted as the first step to a full downgrade of a debt rating. S&P cut Japan's sovereign rating to … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment