Moody’s Credit Ratings and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………….3 Background………………………………………………..4-10 Analysis……………………………………………………10-12 Conclusion…………………………………………………12-13 References………………………………………………….14 In the early-2000s‚ Moody’s‚ one of the leading credit rating agencies in the world‚ evaluated thousands of bonds backed by so-called “subprime” residential mortgages—home loans made to those with both low incomes and poor credit scores
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E6%AC%A1%E8%B2%B8%E5%8D%B1%E6%A9%9F Subprime mortgage crisis The subprime mortgage crisis is an ongoing real estate crisis and financial crisis triggered by a dramatic rise in mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures in the United States‚ with major adverse consequences for banks and financial markets around the globe. The crisis‚ which has its roots in the closing years of the 20th
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profession play in the recent sub prime mortgage crisis? What could they have done differently? What is a subprime loan? Subprime loans are unconventional loans designed to put as many people as possible in a home or to refinance an existing home regardless of the borrowers’ credit history. A subprime loan allows lenders to make loans whether or not the borrower has poor credit‚ no credit or even a very low Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score. Basically‚ subprime loans are creative ways to convenience
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Subprime Mortgage in Hong Kong? It has already found to be very wrong for the government to loan people for "buying" a housing unit (in the US Subprime Crisis). A government is undoubtedly incompetent to run a banking business. It is highly undesirable to suggest Hong Kong government to follow the fatal suit. Ninja loan has become worldwide famous after the US Subprime Crisis‚ it stands for No Income‚ No Job‚ No Asset. But since the US government pushed to increase the homeownership ratio‚
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EMBA 683 - Fall 2011 Case: U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis - Policy Reactions 1) What are the causes behind the U.S. Subprime mortgage crisis? Is one cause more responsible than another? The first and more important factor that lead to the subprime mortgage crisis was governments creation of Freddie and Fannie. This move by the government to intercede the private financial industry sector eventually lead to the US government being the largest lender of mortgages in the US. In addition to the
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Countrywide Financial: The Subprime Meltdown Briarcliffe Online Live Chat 1 Unit Three Ramon Geronimo BA-338-2-SUM1-BRI12 Business Ethics Prof. Raymond Manginell June 1‚ 2012 Abstract 1. Are subprime loans an unethical financial instrument‚ or are they ethical but misused in a way that created ethical issues? 2. Discuss the ethical issues that caused the downfall of Countrywide Financial. 3. How should Bank of America
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The financial community’s near collapse had been most directly ignited by the subprime mortgage crisis; a situation in which the nation’s housing bubble burst and millions of Americans were no longer able to pay their home mortgages. Perhaps the biggest lingering threat was a U.S. budget deficit that was expected to exceed $1.6 trillion for fiscal year 2011‚ the biggest in the nation’s history and the largest as a share of the economy since World War II. American economic dominance are over
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “CREDIT RATING AGENCY” Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of Masters of Management Studies (MMS) under University of Mumbai. Submitted By SOHEL I. DATRE Reg. No. 06 BATCH: 2008-2010 Under the guidance of Dr. N. Mahesh A.C.PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING‚ MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH KHARGHAR‚ NAVI MUMBAI: 410 210 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to Dr
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Credit Rating (CR) as financial service‚ has come a long way‚ since John Moody first introduced the concept 1909. In India it started in 1988. Credit rating is has been used to rate debt instrument viz. Fixed Deposit‚ Commercial Paper Credit rating is a technique of credit risk valuation for the corporate debt instruments reflecting borrower’s expected capability and inclination to pay interest and principal in a timely manner. * In evaluation both qualitative and quantitative criteria are
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of MARC and RAM (Credit rating agencies) To know what is RAM and MARC is doing in the financial sector in Malaysia‚ we need to know what is the credit rating first. So‚ credit ratings are forward-looking opinions about credit risk. A credit rating is an opinion of the general creditworthiness of countries‚ companies and individuals. Lower credit ratings result in higher borrowing costs because the borrower is deemed to carry a higher risk of default. So‚ what does the rating agency do? They will
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