The big rating agencies consider this outfit to be at the low end of investment grade.
Investors would have been better off in investment grade corporate and emerging market debt.
For local currency bond holders, Brazil offers some of the best investment grade yield around.
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The international credit rating of South Korea has improved from "unsuitable" to "suitable" for investment grade.
The official investment grade reduces borrowing costs and widens the pool of potential investors.
Even the non-investment grade municipal paper averaged a 4.2% default rate for the past four decades.
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Bernanke and Geithner told Congress at the time that the bonds were investment grade.
Brazil now boasts an investment grade sovereign debt rating, which it gained in 2008.
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Brazil joined the club of investment grade sovereign debt in the second quarter of 2009.
Income investors, will be turning to investment grade local currency debt in countries like Brazil.
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Russian debt is rated BBB, one of the lowest of the investment grade ratings.
The only investment grade emerging countries that Fitch downgraded this year were Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain.
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They returned -15.53%, while investment grade companies managed to stay on the positive side at 2.55%.
Our 30 year forecast for investment grade bonds has been lowered by 0.2 percent since last year.
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Cargile buys individual bonds for his clients and ladders portfolios for income, sticking to investment grade paper.
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The last time Ford was rated as investment grade by all three agencies was in May 2005.
Investment grade corporate bonds could outperform stocks next year if the economy shows no signs of bottoming.
Its A-minus rating just makes investment grade, but Aetna is a huge generator of free cash flow.
It defended the move by saying it was more important to maintain its current investment grade rating.
Everything from BBB and above is considered investment grade, while anything BB and below is considered junk.
While equity is not always secure, coverage of senior debt is a pre-requisite for investment grade equity issues.
Vivendi's stated goal is to persuade the credit-rating agencies to raise its debt back up to investment grade.
General Motors got some good news Friday: its first investment grade credit rating since going bankrupt in 2009.
Pension plans, insurance companies, and your investment grade bond fund have all recently doled out some cash to me.
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The insurers won't cover anything that isn't already investment grade on its own.
However, investors have been pouring money into corporate bonds of all stripes both high-quality, investment grade and low-quality high yields.
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If that were to happen, India would lose its coveted investment grade status.
The country is ranked on the low end of investment grade, outlook stable.
However, history tells us that various bonds, say high-yield bonds, Treasuries or Investment Grade Corporates, tend to move together.
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There's evidence that the risk premium is peaking for investment grade corporate debt.
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