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Investment Advisor
August 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Morningstar to Rate 529 Plans Morningstar, which has researched 529 plans for years, is now adding a qualitative rating system for the plans, and quantitative ratings on 529 options within the plans.   |
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. |
PC Magazine
March 23, 2009
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Making Console Gaming Safer for Kids Many of us are aware of the trouble a child can get into while using a PC. But have you considered how to make the console gaming experience safer? |
Registered Rep.
June 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Morningstar's New Rating System Gazes Beyond the "Stars" Looking to give advisors new measures for evaluating funds, Morningstar plans to release a new "forward-looking" rating tool that uses its analysts' expertise to evaluate the funds' ability to outperform their benchmarks. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Online Reviews Drive Offline Sales A new study reports that the online ratings consumers give products and services have a direct impact on people's offline purchasing decisions. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009 |
John W. Rodgers Jr.: My Favorite Indicator The CEO of Ariel Investments looks for early signs of debt problems as an indicator of a bad market. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2009 |
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.: Warming Up or Cooling Off? What we think about the direction of this company's stock. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Put the Rating Agencies Out of Their Misery Before It's Too Late Once again, raters have proven themselves stuck on stupid. Congress is waking up. Two amendments in the just-passed Senate financial overhaul bill could euthanize the flawed parts of the rating system. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2012
Rebecca Lipman |
Avoiding "Group Think": Barclays and UBS Analysts Are Bullish for These 10 Stocks Looking for ideas on how to find stocks poised to outperform? One source is the sell-side ratings from various banks and firms, usually phrased positively as "buy" or "overweight." |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Game Changer for Mutual Funds Morningstar announces a new analyst ratings system that could have meaningful implications for the mutual fund world. |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 23, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Fitch: Corporate debt took a hit in 2002 The corporate debt markets last year weathered the worst credit conditions in a decade, reports Fitch Ratings. A three-pronged storm was to blame as weak corporate profitability, heavy debt burdens and headline bankruptcies created an unprecedented amount of credit deterioration. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Behind the Star System Morningstar defends its mutual fund ratings in the face of new competition. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Do You Always Have A Right To An Attorney In Arbitration? Q&A: Rights to attorneys in arbitration... Is giving the client a bond's rating enough when it comes to disclosing risks?... |
Technology Research News
July 2, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Recommenders can skew results Just how accurate are the recommender systems online media sellers use to allow buyers to pass on their judgments about books, movies and CDs to their fellow consumers? Researchers have shown that the way recommender systems are set up can affect the opinions they evoke. |
Search Engine Watch
February 25, 2011
Jon Schepke |
Ratings & Reviews: 5 Strategies for Local Businesses Ratings and reviews are essential to local businesses. They help by differentiating products and services, improving search engine rankings, and driving free web traffic. |
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
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. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2003 |
Weiss Study: Analyst Community Still a "Sell" Out A study of the ratings systems at 30 brokerage firms showed significant improvement in their identification of companies heading into bankruptcy. On the down side, though, a surprising number continue to recommend companies right up to the day they file for Chapter 11. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Where All the Funds Are Above Average Morningstar's new system has a lot of winners and not too many losers. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Lewis Braham |
Spotting The Very Brightest Stars Our ratings help you find your way through a crowded mutual-fund universe. James Small Cap Fund... American AAdvantage Small Cap Value... American AAdvantage Small Cap Value... etc. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
Tiger Moms, Take Note: How Science Can Make You A Better Parent Fast Company spoke with New York University sociologist Dalton Conley about the principles in his new book on parentology, the importance of improvisation, and what parents can do to learn how to not freak out. |
Health
May 2008
Dana Sullivan Kilroy |
Check Your Car's Safety Rating See how your car compares. |
Search Engine Watch
March 3, 2000 |
Growing Pains At Volunteer Directories The use of volunteers generates a different set of problems that webmasters may encounter during the submission process at the Open Directory and Go Guides. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth |
Beyond the Stars Morningstar's new forward-looking rating scale for mutual funds is sure to have a significant impact on the research done by financial advisors. |
AskMen.com
March 9, 2003
Bernie Alexander |
TV Ratings Demystified Have you ever wondered why some shows remain on television while others are yanked faster than donuts at your local Krispy Kreme? It's all about whether audiences are interested enough for networks to justify keeping certain shows on the air. This is measured with TV ratings. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
Bond Buyer The U.S. House of Representatives easily passed legislation designed to foster competition, transparency and accountability in the credit rating industry. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Lynn Hume |
The Bond Buyer SEC Votes on Rules for Rating Agencies: The proposed rules would implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, which Congress approved and President Bush signed to foster increased competition, transparency and accountability among rating agencies. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2009 |
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.: Warming Up or Cooling Off? Take the temperature of your stock. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Bill Mann |
New Standards Help Shareholders Many will think this sort of topic belongs squarely in the "so what?" category. But after the French company LVMH sued Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) for what it considered to be extremely negative coverage -- and won -- this issue takes on some importance. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2005
Rich Duprey |
S&P Ratings a Zero The credit rating agency ends its corporate governance evaluation service. Considering that it was up to the end user to decide whether to make S&P corporate governance score (CGS) ratings public, the ratings' value to the investing public was probably minimal. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2011
Alexander Crawford |
Breakout Ideas: 10 Stocks Near Lows With Strong Corporate Governance Do you think these companies are in a position to overcome the trend and rise from their recent lows? |
PC Magazine
April 27, 2011
Ben Gottesman |
Readers' Choice Awards 2011: Desktops and Laptops Our yearly survey reveals just who PCMag readers love -- and who they don't -- in the world of desktops and laptops. |
Managed Care
August 2005 |
Credit Ratings Look Rosy for Rest of 2005 Standard & Poor's expects the health insurance industry sector to continue to improve its credit rating in the second half of the year. |
