Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A Triple AAA Credit Rating SHAM


UNBELIEVABLE : http://www.cnbc.com/id/27321998



* Instant Messages exchanged between two Standard & Poors executives discussing a mortgage-backed security deal on April 4th, 2007 :

Executive #1: Btw (by the way) that deal is ridiculous.

Executive #2: I know right...model def (definitely) does not capture half the risk.

Executive #1: We should not be rating it.

Executive #2: We rate every deal. It could be structured by cows and we would rate it.



Data Courtesy: CNBC