U.S. stocks are drifting lower and U.S. bonds are falling more sharply following the latest reminder that the U.S. government ...

Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit. Standard & Poor’s downgraded ...

The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year. The Nasdaq added 0.8%.

The three major bond ratings agencies are Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings. Investment-grade bonds offer lower interest but high safety; speculative ones have higher risk and return.

Bloomberg/Getty Images The widely followed Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is the standard by which stock market performance in the U.S. is often measured, as it tracks 500 of the largest and most ...

This system, created jointly by Morgan Stanley and Standard & Poor's, sorts companies into sectors based on their primary business activities. Investors can then use the sector classifications to ...

Standard & Poor’s affirmed Slovakia’s A+ sovereign credit rating on Friday but revised its outlook from stable to negative, warning that global trade tensions could pose a significant risk to the ...

Paraguay's review by the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has been upgraded from “stable to positive,” it was announced Wednesday in Asunción, as President Santiago Peña ...

Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt.