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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... a strong opening to the day on Wall Street and after Asian markets lost ground. European stocks surged despite news that Moody's had downgraded Portugal's sovereign debt rating, sparking fresh concerns about the eurozone. Traders also took in their stride ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
What really was Moody's intention in announcing that it may downgrade Spain's credit rating last night? Is it Moody's way of proving that it still matters? That it could still move markets? According to Bloomberg, "US stocks fell, extending the first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... early losses on a new ratings downgrade for Greece as investors took their lead from new takeover activity. Dealers said the Moody's Greek downgrade to junk status was eye-catching but did no more than confirm what many believed to be the case anyway ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... problems was enough to help take down the market's advance. Traders at first shrugged off news that credit rating agency Moody's lowered its rating on Greece's debt to "junk" status. But in the final hour, many traders apparently decided the safest move ...

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... long, long time ago. Greece is junk! But no! No! Bloomberg reports that the Dow erased its triple-digit gains overnight when Moody's cried boo. OMG! If we're dealing with a market that reacts this way, then it really has no business taking our money. ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... last week that, "It's not a question of the danger of contagion; contagion has already happened." And now... here comes Moody's with its own doom and gloom message. It warned that it might downgrade Portugal's Aa2 debt rating in the next three months. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... not enough to calm concerns about the eurozone that were exacerbated by the Greek riots and a warning from ratings agency Moody's that it could downgrade Portugal's sovereign debt within three months. Moody's said it had placed Portugal Aa2 government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... weaker eurozone member states. Dealers said losses were widespread, with sentiment taking a bad knock late in the day after Moody's downgraded Greece's sovereign debt ratings for the second time since December. The Greek lead unsettled Asian markets ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... California's State Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing that other player in the subprime debacle - the ratings company Moody's Investor Services. According to the newspaper, California "is seeking a court order to make Moody's comply with a subpoena ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... obtain an Australian Financial Services License to provide credit ratings. The company joins the ranks of Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, as CRAs licensed by ASIC. CSC general manager ratings services Brad Walters said ...