Articles tagged "Moody's"
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Moody's downgrades Wall Street play to target retail clients as piggy bank to soak up trillions of dollars in illiquid investments
The New York City rating agency warns that the 'rapid deployment' of 'dry powder' into illiquid investments is recipe for systemic disaster.
June 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Why the Moody's downgrades of big banks may say more about Moody's than the banks
The risk of default remains fairly negligible; the same can't be said for Moody's brand risk in the wake of its misses in 2008
June 27, 2012 at 4:16 AM
What RIAs need to know about the Standard & Poor's downgrade of US debt
For starters, some Fortune 500 companies already had lower borrowing rates than the US Treasury
August 8, 2011 at 3:02 PM
The deep dish on why Meredith Whitney was dead wrong on municipal bonds
There are trouble spots but these unglamorous holdings are still among the safer and more tax-effective instruments around