Barclays Extends its Range of Flexible Savings Bonds (PRWEB) October 05, 2011 Barclays has today increased the rates on its 18 Month Flexible bond by .50 per subunit, present paying a fixed charge of up to 3.00 per subunit AER. It has also [...]
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HuffPostFund asked: Although the nations largest credit rating companies are blamed for underestimating much of the risk that led to the financial crisis, so far they have dodged any significant consequences. Investors lost billions of dollars on bonds awarded top ratings by Moodys, Standard & Poors and Fitch, and now Congress wants answers. But will [...]
themaskedanalyst asked: Part of the reason that we are in the economic mess that we are in is because credit ratings agencies gave wildly overly optimistic assessments of the soundness of corporations and their bonds, and investors relied on those ratings when they made their investment decisions. Enron was given high ratings just 4 days [...]