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Did the Rating Agencies Fuel the Mortgage Mess?

Aug 15, 2007By Paul Jackson

A story in the Wall Street Journal looks at the role the major rating agencies — Fitch, S&P, and Moody’s — have played in aiding and abetting the current mortgage market crisis. (The WSJ story focuses just on subprime, but why stop there?) From the Journal:

Rating Agency Bonanza: Bear Outlook Cut, More Subprime RMBS, Servicer Ratings, Oh My!

Aug 03, 2007By Paul Jackson
Wamu Makes Changes; CIT Exits

Jul 19, 2007By Paul Jackson
Moody’s Says It’s Taking CMBS Hit; Independence has a Price

Jul 19, 2007By Paul Jackson
Fitch Eyes 33 CDO Classes for Downgrade; Revises CDO Rating Methodology

Jul 13, 2007By Paul Jackson
An Inside View: Managing a CDO, and Why the Rating Agencies Matter

Jul 10, 2007By Paul Jackson
Moody’s Drops Ratings on 399 RMBS Securities

Jul 10, 2007By Paul Jackson
Taylor Bean and Whitaker, First Horizon Servicer Ratings Affirmed

Jul 09, 2007By Paul Jackson
Moody’s: Mortgage Insurers Insulated from Subprime Troubles

Jul 05, 2007By Paul Jackson
Bloomberg on the Nuclear Option: Rating Agencies ‘Masking Subprime Bond Risk’

Jun 29, 2007By Paul Jackson
S&P Downgrades, Puts on Watch Negative 133 RMBS Ratings

Jun 22, 2007By Paul Jackson
Backtracking: Moody’s Downgrades 131 Subprime Securities

Jun 18, 2007By Paul Jackson

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