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  2. Moody's downgrades US banks, warns of possible cuts to others

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    Moody's cut the ratings of 10 banks by one notch and placed six banking giants, including Bank of New York Mellon, US Bancorp, State Street and Truist Financial on review for potential downgrades.

  3. Big Three (credit rating agencies) - Wikipedia

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    The Big Three credit rating agencies are S&P Global Ratings (S&P), Moody's, and Fitch Group. S&P and Moody's are based in the US, while Fitch is dual-headquartered in New York City and London, and is controlled by Hearst. As of 2013 they hold a collective global market share of "roughly 95 percent" [1] with Moody's and Standard & Poor's having ...

  4. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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    Impact on the crisis source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized ...

  5. Moody's Ratings - Wikipedia

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    Moody's Ratings, previously known as Moody's Investors Service, often referred to as Moody's, is the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation, representing the company's traditional line of business and its historical name. Moody's Ratings provides international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities.

  6. Can We Really Trust the Credit Ratings Agencies? - AOL

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    As I was researching an article on the recent bank credit rating downgrade, I began to wonder about how agencies such as Moody's (NYS: MCO) , Standard & Poor's, and Fitch treated banks right ...

  7. Nationally recognized statistical rating organization - Wikipedia

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    Nationally recognized statistical rating organization. A nationally recognized statistical rating organization ( NRSRO) is a credit rating agency (CRA) approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide information that financial firms must rely on for certain regulatory purposes.

  8. Bond credit rating - Wikipedia

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    The credit rating is a financial indicator to potential investors of debt securities such as bonds. 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 ...

  9. Moody's assigns definitive rating to Ritz Series 69 ... - AOL

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    The Seller sells the Mortgage Beneficial Interests to investors, but holds the Reserve Beneficial Interests.The Seller acts as the initial servicer, under the Servicing Agreement with the Asset ...