It is mostly higher-rated paper with 28 of the combined 31 deals carrying at least one double-B rating.
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Croft Value received a B rating for both bull and bear markets in FORBES' most recent quarterly fund ratings.
The film gets a very middle-of-the-road B rating from audiences, according to Cinemascore.
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In a see-saw motion, deals with at least one double-B rating fell from 39% of the total in September to just 15% last month while those with at least one triple-C rose to 33%, from 24%.
The super bears believe in a euro-crack up, the U.S. going to single A or even triple B credit rating, and maybe even defaulting.
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The average probability of default translates to a B credit rating, according to Sageworks, the provider of the Business Credit Report by Sageworks.
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In July, he rebalance his clients' portfolios and shifted some of those investments into companies that have an A or B credit rating, since those will have stronger returns in the future.
Understandably, then, the issuer base for 2012-model second-lien loans is dominated by (1) loans with CCC facility ratings (mainly from issuers with a single-B corporate-rating profile) and (2) unrated middle-market paper.
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Greece's long-term credit rating from B- to CCC on Thursday, citing the increased risk that Greece could be forced to leave the eurozone.
Ratings agency Fitch cut Greece's long-term credit rating from B- to CCC Thursday, only one notch above default level, reflecting worries over its ability to remain in the euro currency zone.
Swartzberg, who maintains a "hold" rating on A-B shares, thinks a return to price leadership and an end to negative earnings revisions will slowly reverse the decline in profit growth the company has suffered in 2005.
In the world of scoring for companies that focus on the so-called triple bottom line, meaning people, planet and profit, B Lab has one of the most rigorous rating systems.
The fund gets an "A" rating for bull markets and a "B" for bear market performance.
The ratings firm lowered Italy's credit rating by one notch to triple-B-plus, three steps above "junk" territory, citing concerns about political uncertainty at a time of economic weakness.
Currently, the weighted average rating is in the middle of the Triple-B range.
The viewers, rating the ads for their power, helpfulness, grabbiness and so on, ordered them B, A, C.
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