S and P uses AAA as the highest ranking, meaning in general that bonds so ranked are issued by corporations that are judged to have extremely strong capacity to pay interest and to repay the principal. S and P's lowest ranking is D
No. But that is when they received the AAA rating from S&P. However, in August 2011, S&P downgraded US credit rating to AA+
SPX or $SPX is the symbol you would use on the Scottrade system for the S&P 500 Index.
P in the S S = Planets in the Solar System.
its nine planets in the solar system
S&P has maintained a AAA rating on the US since 1941. Moody's has had an Aaa rating on the US since 1917 and Fitch has had AAA rating since 1994
8 Planets in the Solar System
8 planets in the solar system
Could it be 8 Planets in the Solar System?
the s means standard and the p is poor. the s and p 500 was to see who had a standard amount of something, the poor people could not use this.
USA's credit rating according to S&P (August 5th, 2012) is AA+. For a while the US had an AAA rating, but it has dropped due to rising debts. This isn't as bad as some European countries' though.
Standard & Poor's is a business credit rating service. The better your S&P rating is, the lower the interest rate you'll have to pay on any bonds you issue.
P. S. Tonkin has written: 'Surface temperatures of a diesel engine and it's [sic] exhaust system'