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edit Legislative pressure to reduce Moody's dominance and foster competition

Created when MCO was $38.91 | Edit | History

While dominant, Moody's faces legislative pressure that seeks to destroy this dominance and foster greater competition, combined with technological changes that lower the barriers to entry into the business while leaving the larger firms with hard-to-reduce cost structures.

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edit Credit ratings are getting complex; one major mis-rating could damage trust

Top Contributor: Michael Francis | Created when MCO was $62.29 | Edit | History

Moody's business, in the face of greater complexity, may be unable to consistently provide reliable ratings, and even one major mis-rating could lead to a significant decline in customer trust. Moody's is currently under a bit of fire given the recent subprime mortgage worries and the company's failure to catch a large part of the credit risk of a number of mortgage backed securities; and the previously successful business model of issuer-paid ratings is under significant regulatory, legal and supervisory scrutiny.

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edit Ratings are low quality and don't mean much

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Implosion of credit-sensitive markets (RMBS, SIVs, leveraged loans) suggests to many investors, regulators and others that ratings are of low information content.

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