A nationally recognized organization that rates insurance companies on their financial strength (see www.standardandpoors.com).
Standard & Poor's is an investment services company, in U.S., that rates bonds, shares, commercial paper, and insurance companies. It also compiles influential stock market indexes and publishes a broad range of reports, guides, and handbooks on financial topics. The S&P 500-stock Index is one of the key measures of stock market performance and is also the benchmark for a large number of stock index funds.
A company that rates stocks and corporate and municipal bonds according to risk profiles and that produces and tracks the S&P indices. S&P also publishes a variety of financial and investment reports.
nationally recognized statistical rating organization that provides ratings for municipal securities and other financial information to market participants. See: NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATISTICAL RATING ORGANIZATION; RATING AGENCY; RATINGS.
This is an independent company that produces comparative performance statistics for OEICs, unit trusts and investment trusts/investment companies, as well as other types of investment. They are an industry standard source of statistics.
A company that rates stocks and bonds and provides investment services. ( www.standardandpoors.com/)
An independent insurance rating firm that has rated Western and Southern Life AA+ for very strong financial security characteristics (second highest of 21 ratings).
S&P Standard & Poor's Rating Service is one of the four primary rating agencies and is a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Standard & Poor's (S&P) is a division of Mc Graw-Hill that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is one of the top three companies in this business, along with Moody's and Fitch Ratings.