Dominion Bond Rating Service was created in 1976.
Ian Fleming
James Bond Theme was created in 1962.
Charles Robinson - James Bond - was created in 1997.
Solitaire - James Bond - was created in 1954.
Bond Street - film - was created in 1948.
The leading rating agencies give a rating when a bond is first issued, and that rating determines how high the interest rate on that bond is. A higher rating means the bond will have a lower interest rate.
It stands for unrated. That rating agency does not rate that bond.
Bond credit rating is used to assess the credit worthiness of a corporation or government's debt issues. A bond credit rating is similar to a credit rating that an individual person receives.
A bond issuer's probability of defaulting
In simple terms, the better the rating the safer the investment.
Ian Fleming
There are two complimentary reasons to check a bond's rating. If you're a risk-averse investor, checking a bond's rating indicates the bond's risk of default. These guys look for "investment grade" bonds. If you're an aggressive investor, risk equals reward: the worse a bond is, the more it pays.
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The Best of Bond...James Bond was created in 1962.
The likelihood that the issuer will default on payment
This is a bond. A bond is distinguished by 4 main factors. First, the interest rate of the bond. Secondly, the term of the bond. Thirdly, how the bond is repaid, whether it is all at once at maturation or if yearly installments of interest are paid (coupons). Lastly, the risk factor of the bond is used to sort bonds by credit rating companies from AAA rating (the highest) to junk bond rating.