Investment Grade Quotes

Ratings agencies are the glue that ostensibly holds the entire financial industry together.

Like many other banks and finance companies, Green Tree used a process called securitization to resell its home loans to outside investors. Green Tree grouped thousands of these small loans into a pool worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The best companies with the strongest credit ratings borrow like the United States: on a non-prioritized basis. This means that in the event of a default, all of their debts are of equal priority because lenders and creditors believe default is highly unlikely. And they spend considerable effort maintaining this status.

Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs.

People looked to rating agencies to do the work for them.

The credit quality of junk bonds varies widely.

Junk bonds prove there's nothing magical in a Aaa bond rating.

We are monitoring the global companies on a daily basis, and their rating continues to be investment grade. We will take immediate action if anything goes wrong.