McGraw-Hill, Moody’s Risks Rise After S&P

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Our chart of the day comes to us today via Bloomberg, looking at YTD performance of McGraw-Hill (parent co of S&P), Moody’s, and the S&P500 Index.

David Wilson observes:

“McGraw-Hill and Moody’s face two threats because S&P cut the U.S. government to AA+, Appert wrote yesterday in a report. The first is greater regulatory scrutiny of the rating industry, which has been criticized for flawed assessments of mortgage-backed securities during the past decade’s housing bubble.

“The perception in Washington that the rating agencies have too much power and must be ‘reined in’ will undoubtedly by reinforced by S&P’s decision,” he wrote.

The second risk is that bond sales may become more volatile as the lower rating helps slow economic growth, the report said. Assuming that occurs, revenue and earnings at McGraw-Hill and Moody’s would become less predictable as well.

As the chart above shows, the index has outperformed the two public rating agencies . . .

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Source:
McGraw-Hill, Moody’s Risks Rise After S&P Cut: Chart of the Day
David Wilson
Bloomberg, August 09, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-09/mcgraw-hill-moody-s-risks-rise-after-s-p-cut-chart-of-the-day.html

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