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Moody's Corporation Common Stoc
(NYSE: MCO )Real Time36.40 
0.08 (0.22%) 12:47PM EDT
0.08 (0.22%) 12:47PM EDT| Last Trade: | 36.38 |
|---|---|
| Trade Time: | 12:32PM EDT |
| Change: | 0.06 (0.18%) |
| Prev Close: | 36.32 |
| Open: | 36.54 |
| Bid: | 36.37 x 500 |
| Ask: | 36.38 x 200 |
| 1y Target Est: | 41.67 |
| Day's Range: | 35.71 - 36.54 |
|---|---|
| 52wk Range: | 20.72 - 41.93 |
| Volume: | 1,305,607 |
| Avg Vol (3m): | 2,888,470 |
| Market Cap: | 8.29B |
| P/E (ttm): | 15.49 |
| EPS (ttm): | 2.35 |
| Div & Yield: | 0.56 (1.50% |
Should We Care What Ratings Agencies Say About the US Debt?
On Friday July 15, 2011, 12:22 pm
Every time another ratings agency downgrades a company’s stock, share prices plummet. And every time a ratings agency downgrades another Euro-zone nation, down go its treasuries, the markets, and the general mood of its citizens. So what will happen if Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s follow through on their threats and downgrade the U.S. from its top credit rating, and should we care? Let’s start at the beginning:
What exactly are ratings agencies? Ask anyone who’s been upgraded or has a top credit rating and they’ll be ready to extol the virtues of ratings agencies and the formulas they use to differentiate the successful from the failures. But ask anyone who’s felt the repercussions of a downgrade, and they’ll tell you a very different story, one full of woe and a few choice expletives. What they won’t tell you is how agencies like Moody’s and S&P determine their ratings and why they have such an impact on the markets.
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