Bond rating agencies evaluate the creditworthiness of debt securities and issuers. Learn about their benefits, criticisms, and the role they play in the market.

Explore financial ratings: what they are, how they're assigned, their role in evaluating investment risks and opportunities, and the impact of major agencies.

Indiana has earned a ‘AAA’ credit rating from major credit-rating agency, Fitch Ratings, for the 17th year in a row. The ‘AAA’ ...

Okay, so maybe that’s not entirely fair. The SEC has signed off on some new rules and proposed some additional ones to try to temper conflict of interest at the companies that told us all those ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A second bond-rating agency has reaffirmed its ...

Bond ratings are an important market factor for every investor to understand. In short, bond ratings can help you decide whether or not to make an investment. Knowing what bond ratings mean can help ...

Another of the major credit rating agencies is taking notice of the Nova Scotia government’s finances.

LONDON (Reuters) -The "big three" credit rating agencies have given a cautious thumbs up to Britain's budget this week, regarding it as an ongoing push for fiscal consolidation by the government, ...

Most of the time, court cases are manna for journalists. The politicians and corporations we cover aren’t in the habit of dishing out information they don’t want the public to know. But along comes a ...

Moody’s Investors Services and Fitch Ratings this week each issued an AA rating for $991 million in transportation revenue green bonds that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to sell next ...