bloomberg.com - 5/28/2009
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May 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government’s Aaa credit rating is stable “even with a significant deterioration” in the nation’s debt, Moody’s Investors Service said, signaling confidence in a rebound from the recession. The U.S. rating is supported by “a diverse and resilient economy, strong ...
japanjapan.blogspot.com - 5/21/2009
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japanjapan.blogspot.com —
The quote from Moody's is "Japan's credit profile
is Aa2 The unified rating of Aa2 reflects Japan's...
considerable strengths. These include Japan's large domestic savings, a strong home bias on the part of its domestic financial institutions and institutional investors, relatively low holdings of ...
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Japan's loss of AAA rating
reuters.com - 5/28/2009
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reuters.com —
* Greenlight Capital's Einhorn says shorting Moody's stock
* Greenlight says credit ratings lost credibility * Einhorn...
says Moody's has negative net worth $900 mln * $7.2 mln Allied Capital short-sale gain goes to charity By Joseph A. Giannone NEW ...
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Greenlight's Einhorn says shorting Moody's
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researchrecap.com - 5/21/2009
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researchrecap.com —
US Commercial real estate prices as measured by
Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI) fell 1.7% in...
March, leaving the index at 20.8% below its level a year ago and 22.8% below the peak in prices measured in October 2007. Commercial ...
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Rising Interest Rates Finally Start to Matter
The Big Picture —
Good Evening: After months of seeing equities get most of the headlines, the Treasury market has elbowed its way back into the spotlight during the past week or so. Today this attention reached a fever pitch, as yet another steep drop in long dated government bond prices finally started to impact not only the wire services but also the stock market. Until today, equity investors viewed the Fed’s attempts to control various interest rates with little interest and even less concern. No more. Rising rates of interest for Uncle Sam mean a higher mortgage rates, a rising budget deficit, and a threat to any nascent recovery in the housing market. In short, ...
Investment News Briefs: Oil Surges To Six-Month High, Treasury Yield Spread Hits Record High
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The yield spread between two- and 10-year Treasury notes widened to a record on Wednesday as concern about mounting sales of U.S. debt will overwhelm the U.S. governments efforts to keep interest rates low, Bloomberg reported. The so-called yield curve widened to 2.75 percentage points ...
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