S&P to stop rating home equity mortgage-backed securities - BusinessWeek
Story date: 2008-05-01 01:57:00
Added on: 2008-05-03 17:27:27
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Thursday it will stop rating new securities backed by home equity loans because such rapid deterioration in the market has made it nearly impossible to accurately rate potential performance. "The magnitude ...
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