GM 561 Week 7 Discussion 2 | Franklin Pierce University | Assignment Help

GM 561 Week 7 Discussion 2 | Franklin Pierce University | Assignment Help 

Week 7 Discussion 2

7.2 Discussion - Rating Agencies - B 1

Please follow Paddy Hirsch's explanation of credit rating agencies at

Link (Links to an external site.)https://franklinpierce.instructure.com/images/play_overlay.png

Then view the following video at the link below:
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/446/video.html (Links to an external site.)

(If you have trouble accessing the video, here is a link to an audio only version

http://www-tc.pbs.org/now/rss/media/NOW-446.mp3 (Links to an external site.))

 

Discuss the following questions in the threaded discussions. Each student should only respond to one of the 5 questions, allowing your peers opportunity to contribute content.

1) What do rating agencies do and how do they do it?
2) What is their business model?
3) Do they have a conflict of interest?
4) Were the rating agencies the cause of the 2008 financial crisis. Is it all their fault?
5) What needs to change?

 

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