Sentences with phrase «primary bond rating agencies»

Moodys and Standard & Poors are the two primary bond rating agencies and they provide a bond rating scale using a grading system to assist investors in determining bond quality.

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a government, corporation, municipality, or agency that has issued a security (e.g., a bond) in order to raise capital or to repay other debt; the issuer goes to an underwriter to get their securities sold in the new issue market; for certificates of deposit (CDs), this is the bank that has issued the CD; in the case of fixed income securities, the issuer of the security is the primary determinant of the security's characteristics (e.g., coupon interest rate, maturity, call features, etc..)

Investment grade vs. non-investment grade (high yield) Corporate bonds are generally rated by one or more of the three primary ratings agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.

These are bonds from issuers whose risk levels prevent them from qualifying for «investment grade ratings» by the primary bond credit rating agencies.