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The 2011 S&P downgrade was the first time the US federal government was given a rating below AAA. S&P had announced a negative outlook on the AAA rating in April 2011. The downgrade to AA+ occurred four days after the 112th United States Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government by means of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.
Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") affirmed the Aaa long-term ratings of Johnson & Johnson ("J&J"), as well as the Prime-1 short-term rating. The rating affirmation follows the announcement ...
The S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs Wednesday but then turned negative as stimulus discussions in Washington appeared to hit more roadblocks. Stock market news live updates: Stocks turn negative ...
All six of the alcohol companies mentioned above clocked negative stock performance in the past year, while the S&P 500 jumped 26%. Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard led the losses with 34% and 31% ...
These are assigned by credit rating agencies such as Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch, which publish code designations (such as AAA, B, CC) to express their assessment of the risk quality of a bond. Moody's assigns bond credit ratings of Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C, as well as WR and NR for 'withdrawn' and 'not rated' respectively. [4]
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
A version of this story first appeared at TKer.co. It’s that time of year when Wall Street’s top strategists tell clients where they see the stock market heading in the year ahead.. The ...
A sovereign credit rating is the credit rating of a sovereign entity, such as a national government. The sovereign credit rating indicates the risk level of the investing environment of a country and is used by investors when looking to invest in particular jurisdictions, and also takes into account political risk.