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The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Michael Leibert	Moody's Busy Quarter Moody's stock price has been under pressure this year, as investors have worried about an industry slowdown in mortgage lending. Based on the company's strong first-quarter earnings, those concerns seem at least premature.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Moody's Moving Forward The credit rating agency thrives as a big fish in a small pond. The stock, which is nearing a 52-week high, will not entice value investors at 28 times this year's earnings, but it is worth the premium price tag.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Michael Leibert	Moody's: No Chink in the Armor Despite feeling some heat, Moody's projects solid growth and maintains a strong competitive position. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007	Magnificent Moody's: Fool by Numbers Moody's released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Revenue by Segment...
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Moody's in a Funk? The debt rater failed to beat earnings estimates last quarter. It was the first time this had happened since way back in first-quarter 2000, and when investors look to Moody's second-quarter 2006 earnings report tomorrow morning, they'll be hoping it was the last.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Moody's: Shorthand for Wonderful This financial services firm keeps serving up excellence, most recently in its second-quarter report.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Michael Leibert	Manic, Mighty Moody's With its wide moat and high returns on capital, Moody's is a good pick for investors.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Adam J. Crawford	I'm Downgrading Moody's Based on a poor ratings history.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Morningstar Has a AAA-Rated Plan Morningstar announced today that it's getting into the credit rating business.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Anything Left for Moody's? Moody's shares have lost one-third of their value in the past year, and its second-quarter results remind why.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	Rating Agencies Begin to Come Clean If any group deserves the most blame for shady practices that gave credence to subprime debt, it might be the rating agencies.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Great Rating for Moody's With another outstanding quarter, Moody's shows why it is a sound investment.
National Real Estate Investor January 28, 2003 Parke Chapman	Moody's: Domestic CMBS issuance to rise this year According to Moody's, U.S commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance this year will reach $67 billion, up from last year's total of $66 billion.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Perpetual Good Moody's With Moody's currently trading for a 2.3 price to earnings to growth (PEG) ratio, it's easy to understand the stock's hold rating. That kind of pricing deserves some skepticism.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	Buffett, the Rating Agencies, and a Possible Opportunity Warren Buffett discusses the rating agencies and suggests a company that may be coming to eat their lunch.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Michael Leibert	All-Weather Moody's Moody's delivers revenue and earnings growth in all kinds of economic conditions. Long-term shareholders would likely find an investment in Moody's to be very rewarding.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007	Fast Pitch: Moody's Moody's is among the most-respected sources for credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Though the fundamentals are good, the stock currently looks overpriced, and the chance of beating the market seems dim.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Moody's Blues Debt-ratings agency Moody's watches its earnings and reputation erode, as the once-lucrative business of rating batches of collateralized debt obligations has begun to sour.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Jack Herman	Insurance Woes Problems for the financial guaranty industry.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Senators Snookered by Credit Rating Bill? A Senate bill is unlikely to upset the Moody's - S&P debt-rating duopoly. Here's why and what it means to investors.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Revealed: 3 Emails That Explain the Crisis Released last week, a new 650-page Senate report on the financial crisis describes multiple aspects of a financial system run amok, including the way in which bankers muscled ratings agencies to turbo-charge their deal-making machine.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 David Henry	Anatomy Of A Ratings Downgrade How S&P and Moody's miscalculated risk on two top-rated pools of mortgage-backed bonds.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 David Henry	Buoyant Moody's Moody's has plenty of critics, but it remains massively profitable.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Congress' Move Doesn't Rate With Moody's The market might be overreacting to the prospect of more regulation for ratings agencies. Moody's shares have lost almost 30% since the end of the first quarter. Value investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	The Ratings Game The companies that rate bonds look at several factors in rating fixed-income securities. Learn how these ratings work, and don't buy without knowing the facts.
CFO June 1, 2010 Randy Myers	Ratings Disaster Congress takes another stab at reforming the credit-rating agencies, whose AAA seal of approval helped fuel the subprime crisis. But will any change truly make a difference?
The Motley Fool June 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	I'd Short This Stock David Einhorn, prominent hedge fund manger known for successfully shorting Lehman Brothers, recently disclosed that his firm, Greenlight Capital, is shorting Moody's.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Emil Lee	Bend It Like Buffett: Dissecting Moody's All it takes is a single opportunity to buy shares of Moody's at a discount to reap the benefits of a decade worth of superior returns.
HBS Working Knowledge August 31, 2009 Martha Lagace	Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies Competition in credit ratings forces raters to favor issuers. This is contrary to the interest of those who rely on ratings to make investment decisions or to regulate.
HBS Working Knowledge June 13, 2012 Maggie Starvish	HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's dominated the credit ratings industry for decades. Could the recession weaken their hold?
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Morgan Housel	Tell Me Why You Love Moody's Eroding of a competitive advantage, many believe, is what drove Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway to start selling shares of Moody's earlier this year.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Heinz's Debt- and Equity-Holders Duel The ketchup giant's choices benefit one group at the other's expense. Shareholders and debtholders alike should keep an eye on company developments, though they affect each group in different and sometimes opposite ways.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	Still Struggling at Moody's Has Moody's have suffered a wound that won't heal for years to come?
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 David Henry	How The Bad News Could Get Worse If delinquencies lead to downgrades of mortgage-backed securities, ripples could become waves.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 David Henry	A Chain Reaction in Shaky Debt? As exotic CDOs topple, the impact could ripple through debt markets and wallop more funds and banks.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Credit Quality Is Worst in 25 Years -- Hoorah! The ratio of companies getting downgraded to those being upgraded in the first quarter reached a high mark not seen since 1983. But far from despairing, this announcement contains a hint of optimism. Here's why.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007	Moody's in a Great Mood: Fool by Numbers The credit-rating agency released fourth-quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein	The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	The Greatest Trick the Bankers Ever Pulled How do we get banks to get back to accurately pricing risk? By attacking the problem from multiple angles.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Tom Taulli	Quick Take: Moody's Gets Moody About Private Equity What about the debt? And who benefits from a quick flip? Let's face it, the role of a private equity firm is to generate competitive returns for its investors. It's not about improving Corporate America.
CFO September 1, 2008 Alix Stuart	Over Rated? The subprime fiasco has put corporate credit-ratings on thin ice.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Emil Lee	Fool on the Street: McGraw-Hill Poised for Profits Although McGraw-Hill's stock is up 26% over the past year, which makes it less attractive to potential value investors, the S&P engine should continue to chug along for years.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2006	Mad-Eye Moody's: Fool by Numbers The debt rater released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool June 2, 2011 Cindy Johnson	A Warning Shot Fired on These Big Banks One of the best-known credit raters, Moody's, is getting more worried about downside risk at big banks and put these under review: Bank of America... Bank of NY Mellon... Citigroup... Wells Fargo...
U.S. Banker July 2008 Michael Sisk	A `Radical' Answer to Credit-Ratings Conflict The government should remove itself completely from the credit-rating business, stop deciding which company can and can't rate a bond, and stop making institutions pay attention to rating agencies whose work may be shoddy - and, it often turns out, is.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Roben Farzad	Let The Blame Begin Everyone played some role in the subprime mess - the Street, lenders, ratings agencies, hedge funds, even homeowners. Where does responsibility lie?
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National Real Estate Investor August 4, 2003	CMBS Downgrades Beat Out Upgrades in Second Quarter Non-investment grade securities weathered a rough second quarter as Moody's downgraded 16 non-investment grade securities over that span, with no upgrades. However, investment-grade CMBS fared better: Moody's upgraded 34 and downgraded only 33.