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online.wsj.com - 3/10/2009

Moody's Aims to Be Ahead on Defaults

— online.wsj.com — Pilloried for missing credit problems in the nation's mortgage markets, credit-ratings firm Moody's Investors Service is trying... to get ahead of corporate bankruptcies. The firm on Tuesday is publishing a list called the Bottom Rung, detailing the ... (more) Moody's Aims to Be Ahead on Defaults

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zerohedge.blogspot.com - 3/10/2009

Moody's Releases The Leper List

— zerohedge.blogspot.com — Moody's, which has long been criticized for sleeping through the credit bubble and, by many accounts, causing... it in the first place, just came out with an attempt at absolution. In a quarterly publication called the "Bottom Rung", the rating agency ... (more) Moody's Releases The Leper List

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minyanville.com - 3/10/2009

Moody's List of Riskiest Companies Forgets to Include Moody's

— minyanville.com — Make-up calls belong in basketball not finance. In an attempt to render itself useful Moody’s Investors Services... (MCO) is issuing a list dubbed “The Bottom Rung ” cataloguing the riskiest 15% of all companies it tracks. The effort which the company claims is an attempt to get ... (more) Moody's List of Riskiest Companies Forgets to Include ...

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Wednesday links: tough starts
Abnormal Returns — ... arb spreads are a mess.  (WSJ.com) Just because stocks look cheap does not mean they cannot fall further.  (FT Alphaville, Free exchange) Don’t read too much into the VIX futures. (Daily Options Report) How did GE (GE) get itself into this single-digit predicament?  (Clusterstock, Zero Hedge, Accrued Interest, Curious Capitalist) ...

The Silly People/Ominous GE And JPM/CIA Snoop Ted Truman, And Blasts From The Past
GoldSeek.com — ... debt investors have access to (even though technically they should not - my bond desk was right next to the bank trading desk). If GE credit default protection costs 20% up front now, a GE restructuring of some sort is coming soon to a theatre near you. Certainly today's stock price action in GE is starting to discount these facts. Be nice if burned investors start filing lawsuits against GE and CNBC…. GE on the hook for $8 billion in credit default payments if they get downgraded: http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/03/ges-8- ...

Holy Crud! Part Deux
Random Roger — ... I don't follow GE very closely but the looming downgrade, should it happen, will cause its costs to go up. The more notches in the downgrade the more expense in funding its operations. There also exists the possibility of an $8 billion CDS problem. ...