Moody`s Corp

NYSE: MCO
$494.17
+$13.51 (+2.8%)
Closing Price on November 25, 2024

MCO Articles

We have been pretty critical of the ratings agencies not being on their toes and calling on things far too late.  In fact, I have been an anti-fan of theirs all the way back to Enron.  Today is...
If you think the "independent ratings agencies" are your friend and are out there looking out for your best interest, you have already been told time after time that they are not.  We’ve said it,...
Moody’s (MCO) give credit rating of "Aa1" to both Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI). But, no one else on Wall St. seems to see it that way. According to Reuters "at Thursday’s close, Ambac’s swaps...
Maybe Moody’s (MCO) should have thought of this before. According to the FT, Moody’s is considering overhauling the way it rates complex financial instruments to analyse how these products might...
Enterra Energy (ENT) Canadian oil and gas investment company suspends monthly distribution payments to unitholders for at least six months to repay debt. Falls to $1.85 from 52-week high of $10.30....
It was not that many years ago that a slew of investigations almost ruined the big players in the accounting industry. Arthur Andersen disappeared under the weight of a Justice Department...
According to Reuters, Lehman Brothers (LEH) and National City are cutting 2,150 mortgage jobs. Reuters writes that more PC game players are beginning to use notebooks as their processing power...
McGraw-Hill (MGP) sacked the head of its S&P unit on the theory that the ratings agency should have seen sub-prime problems coming sooner and downgraded pools of the mortgage-backed securities....
Stocks Tickers: MCO, MHP, XLF, GS, MS, MER, LEH, BSC, C, BAC, JPM, WFC, WB You will have to have a subscription in order to access the full article, but Moody’s has an article stating that major US...
Moody’s (MCO) is already in a ton of trouble due to is rating on sub-prime debt and mortgage-backed securities. According to the FT, the European Union is opening an investigation because it...
BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRB It is always interesting to see how Wall Street bets with or against Warren Buffett’s stock...
Stock Tickers: BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another Warren Buffett strategy by reviewing holdings to see if they are...
There is a recent boutique research report from earlier in the week showing a list of potential private equity targets from a specialty brokerage firm that I was very positive on from even before its...
This is an edited version of the first story to run an expanded list.  Last month we all found out that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway decided to take a ride on the Reading by investing in...