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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.[1]

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  1. 87 relations: ADCB, AM Best, Attorney General of New York, Bank for International Settlements, Big Three (credit rating agencies), Bloomberg L.P., Bond (finance), Bond credit rating, Bond market, Bretton Woods system, Broker-dealer, Capital market, Climate risk, Collateralized debt obligation, Commercial mortgage-backed security, Commercial paper, Committee on the Global Financial System, Compustat, Conflict of interest, Corporate bond, Credit bureau, Credit rating agency, Credit risk, CRISIL, Dagong Europe Credit Rating, Dagong Global Credit Rating, Default (finance), Deposit account, Dun & Bradstreet, Eliot Spitzer, Enron scandal, European debt crisis, European Union, Financial Stability Board, Fitch Ratings, Ford, Fortune (magazine), Fortune 500, Free-rider problem, FTSE Russell, G20, General Motors, Global Industry Classification Standard, Government bond, Hannover Re, ICRA Limited, Insurance, Jefferson County, Colorado, John Moody (financial analyst), King County, Washington, ... Expand index (37 more) »

  2. 1909 in economic history
  3. Credit rating agencies
  4. Financial services companies established in 1909

ADCB

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (بنك أبوظبي التجاري), commonly called ADCB, is a bank in the United Arab Emirates.

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AM Best

AM Best is an American credit rating agency headquartered in Oldwick, New Jersey, that focuses on the insurance industry. Moody's Ratings and aM Best are credit rating agencies.

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Attorney General of New York

The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government.

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Bank for International Settlements

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks.

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Big Three (credit rating agencies)

The Big Three credit rating agencies are S&P Global Ratings (S&P), Moody's, and Fitch Group. Moody's Ratings and Big Three (credit rating agencies) are credit rating agencies.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Moody's Ratings and Bloomberg L.P. are financial services companies based in New York City.

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Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is a type of security under which the issuer (debtor) owes the holder (creditor) a debt, and is obliged – depending on the terms – to provide cash flow to the creditor (e.g. repay the principal (i.e. amount borrowed) of the bond at the maturity date as well as interest (called the coupon) over a specified amount of time).

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Bond credit rating

In investment, the bond credit rating represents the credit worthiness of corporate or government bonds.

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Bond market

The bond market (also debt market or credit market) is a financial market in which participants can issue new debt, known as the primary market, or buy and sell debt securities, known as the secondary market.

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Bretton Woods system

The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial relations among the United States, Canada, Western European countries, and Australia and other countries, a total of 44 countries after the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement.

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Broker-dealer

In financial services, a broker-dealer is a natural person, company or other organization that engages in the business of trading securities for its own account or on behalf of its customers.

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Capital market

A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold, in contrast to a money market where short-term debt is bought and sold.

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Climate risk

Climate risk is the potential for problems for societies or ecosystems from the impacts of climate change.

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Collateralized debt obligation

A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a type of structured asset-backed security (ABS).

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Commercial mortgage-backed security

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by commercial and multifamily mortgages rather than residential real estate.

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Commercial paper

Commercial paper, in the global financial market, is an unsecured promissory note with a fixed maturity of usually less than 270 days.

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Committee on the Global Financial System

The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) is an international body hosted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel.

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Compustat

Compustat is a database of financial, statistical, and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.

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Corporate bond

A corporate bond is a bond issued by a corporation in order to raise financing for a variety of reasons such as to ongoing operations, mergers & acquisitions, or to expand business.

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Credit bureau

A credit bureau is a data collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to a consumer reporting agency in the United States, a credit reference agency in the United Kingdom, a credit reporting body in Australia, a credit information company (CIC) in India, a Special Accessing Entity in the Philippines, and also to private lenders.

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Credit rating agency

A credit rating agency (CRA, also called a ratings service) is a company that assigns credit ratings, which rate a debtor's ability to pay back debt by making timely principal and interest payments and the likelihood of default. Moody's Ratings and credit rating agency are credit rating agencies.

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Credit risk

Credit risk is the possibility of losing a lender holds due to a risk of default on a debt that may arise from a borrower failing to make required payments.

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CRISIL

CRISIL Limited, formerly Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, is an Indian analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services and is a subsidiary of American company S&P Global.

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Dagong Europe Credit Rating

Dagong Europe Credit Rating is no longer a subsidiary of Dagong Global Credit Rating since 2019. Moody's Ratings and Dagong Europe Credit Rating are credit rating agencies.

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Dagong Global Credit Rating

Dagong Global Credit Rating is a state-owned credit rating agency based in China. Moody's Ratings and Dagong Global Credit Rating are credit rating agencies.

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Default (finance)

In finance, default is failure to meet the legal obligations (or conditions) of a loan, for example when a home buyer fails to make a mortgage payment, or when a corporation or government fails to pay a bond which has reached maturity.

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Deposit account

A deposit account is a bank account maintained by a financial institution in which a customer can deposit and withdraw money.

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Dun & Bradstreet

The Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. is an American company that provides commercial data, analytics, and insights for businesses. Moody's Ratings and Dun & Bradstreet are credit rating agencies.

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Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008.

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Enron scandal

The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.

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European debt crisis

The European debt crisis, often also referred to as the eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis, was a multi-year debt crisis that took place in the European Union (EU) from 2009 until the mid to late 2010s.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Financial Stability Board

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system.

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Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings Inc. is an American credit rating agency and is one of the "Big Three credit rating agencies", the other two being Moody's and Standard & Poor's. It is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975. Moody's Ratings and Fitch Ratings are credit rating agencies and financial services companies based in New York City.

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Ford

Ford commonly refers to.

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Fortune (magazine)

Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.

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Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.

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Free-rider problem

In economics, the free-rider problem is a type of market failure that occurs when those who benefit from resources, public goods and common pool resources do not pay for them or under-pay.

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FTSE Russell

FTSE Russell is a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) that produces, maintains, licenses, and markets stock market indices.

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G20

The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU).

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Global Industry Classification Standard

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is an industry taxonomy developed in 1999 by MSCI and Standard & Poor's (S&P) for use by the global financial community.

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Government bond

A government bond or sovereign bond is a form of bond issued by a government to support public spending.

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Hannover Re

Hannover Re (in German Hannover Rück) is a reinsurance company based in Hannover, Germany.

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ICRA Limited

ICRA Limited (ICRA) is an Indian independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency.

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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury.

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Jefferson County, Colorado

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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John Moody (financial analyst)

John Moody (May 2, 1868 – February 16, 1958) was an American financial analyst, businessman and investor.

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King County, Washington

King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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List of countries by credit rating

This is a list of countries by credit rating, showing long-term foreign currency credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the largest three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch, and Moody's.

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Market power

In economics, market power refers to the ability of a firm to influence the price at which it sells a product or service by manipulating either the supply or demand of the product or service to increase economic profit.

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Money market fund

A money market fund (also called a money market mutual fund) is an open-end mutual fund that invests in short-term debt securities such as US Treasury bills and commercial paper.

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Moody's Aaa Bond

Moody's Aaa Corporate Bond, also known as "Moody's Aaa" for short is an investment bond that acts as an index of the performance of all bonds given an Aaa rating by Moody's Investors Service.

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Moody's Analytics

Moody's, previously known as Moody's Analytics, is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation established in 2007 to focus on non-rating activities, separate from Moody's Investors Service. Moody's Ratings and Moody's Analytics are financial services companies based in New York City and multinational companies.

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Moody's Corporation

Moody's Corporation, often referred to as Moody's, is an American business and financial services company. Moody's Ratings and Moody's Corporation are 1909 establishments in New York City, credit rating agencies, financial services companies based in New York City and financial services companies established in 1909.

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Moody's Manual

Moody's Manual is a series of manuals published by the Moody's Corporation.

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Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Moody's Ratings and Morgan Stanley are financial services companies based in New York City.

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Morningstar DBRS

Morningstar DBRS is a global credit rating agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt and Madrid. Moody's Ratings and Morningstar DBRS are credit rating agencies.

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Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and was founded by Joe Mansueto in 1984. Moody's Ratings and Morningstar, Inc. are credit rating agencies.

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Mortgage-backed security

A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is a type of asset-backed security (an "instrument") which is secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages.

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Municipal bond

A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a bond issued by state or local governments, or entities they create such as authorities and special districts.

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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. Moody's Ratings and nationally recognized statistical rating organization are credit rating agencies.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Panic of 1907

The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis, was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange suddenly fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year.

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Perfect storm

A perfect storm is a meteorological event aggravated by a rare combination of circumstances.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Photocopier

A photocopier (also called copier or copy machine, and formerly Xerox machine, the generic trademark) is a machine that makes copies of documents and other visual images onto paper or plastic film quickly and cheaply.

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Public company

A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.

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Rebranding

Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, concept or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers, investors, competitors, and other stakeholders.

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Residential mortgage-backed security

Residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by residential real estate mortgages.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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S&P Global

S&P Global Inc. (prior to April 2016 McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013 The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Moody's Ratings and S&P Global are credit rating agencies.

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S&P Global Ratings

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. Moody's Ratings and S&P Global Ratings are credit rating agencies and financial services companies based in New York City.

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Security (finance)

A security is a tradable financial asset.

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Spread Research

Spread Research SAS is a French credit rating agency and independent credit research company. Moody's Ratings and Spread Research are credit rating agencies.

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Structured finance

Structured finance is a sector of finance — specifically financial law — that manages leverage and risk.

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Subprime mortgage crisis

The American subprime mortgage crisis was a multinational financial crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010 that contributed to the 2007–2008 global financial crisis.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian-American multinational information conglomerate.

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Tranche

In structured finance, a tranche is one of a number of related securities offered as part of the same transaction.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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1997 Asian financial crisis

The 1997 Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s.

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2007–2008 financial crisis

The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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7 World Trade Center

7 World Trade Center (7 WTC, WTC-7, or Tower 7) is an office building constructed as part of the new World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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See also

1909 in economic history

Credit rating agencies

Financial services companies established in 1909

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody's_Ratings

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