Many. There are currently over 5000 bonds that are AA rated.
This article from Business Week may help (http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf2004115_4400_db008.htm). This would suggest there are seven Aaa rated corporate bonds (excluding financials) in the US - Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Pfizer, Merck, UPS, Exxon Mobil and ADP. You might enjoy a corporate bond list and the current ratings. http://investment-income.net/rates/corporate-bonds-rate-page GE is no longer AAA.
Bonds that are designated 'AAA' are bonds that have been reviewed by a credit rating agency and found to be of the highest quality. Moody's and Standard and Poor are both reputable rating firms.
Most companies (AAA included) offer some type of corporate bond to the general public. In order to find out what the current rate is, you must ask someone who knows a lot about bonds to tell you.
Sovereign rating of India is BBB, You cannot have ratings above your sovereign rating in any country So the highest rating for any securities in India that we can have is BBB.
Yes, high yield investments which are also called junk bonds, are quite risky and that is why they pay higher yields. Safer investments will have lower yields, and include AAA and AA rated corporate bonds, government bonds, as well as Certificates of Deposit (CDs) among others.
Because the are very low risk debt securities.
"Corporate Bonds" I put a linked list of Corporate Bonds below
Corporate bonds are issued by a company, Treasury bonds by the government
-U.S. Treasury bonds -Corporate bonds -Junk bonds
AAA is the highest grade a bond can receive. You can learn more about AAA Bonds on Wikipedia or Investopedia. Other ratings for bonds include BB, Ba, AA, Aa, BAA,and BBB.
Yes, it is safe to buy corporate bonds. You can read more about it at monevator.com/2010/02/03/is-it-safe-to-invest-in-corporate-bonds/.
You can buy corporate bonds quite easily on the internet. A website that you could use to buy corporate bonds is Fidelity where they have a website set up so you can easily buy these bonds.