'AAA' Rated Companies: And Then There Were Six [View article]
A few comments: - I'll go out on a limb here, Freddie MAC is not AAA. In fact it and Fannie Mae are virtually insolvent save for Government support. You may be looking a certain trenches of their securitized debt which may be rated AAA. But the company is not, unless you think the US Gov will support all its paper.
- If Moodys downgraded Pfizer, then they ain't AAA anymore. I think you need both to be in the club. They took a big bite with Weyth
US Bancorp: A $1.7B Loss for Berkshire Hathaway? [View article]
Is this an analysis of USB or BRK? I don't get the point of this post. Whatever your point, it is certainly not a well reasoned, in-depth analysis that is useful.
'AAA' Rated Companies: And Then There Were Six [View article]
- I'll go out on a limb here, Freddie MAC is not AAA. In fact it and Fannie Mae are virtually insolvent save for Government support. You may be looking a certain trenches of their securitized debt which may be rated AAA. But the company is not, unless you think the US Gov will support all its paper.
- If Moodys downgraded Pfizer, then they ain't AAA anymore. I think you need both to be in the club. They took a big bite with Weyth
- Note that Fitch downgraded Berkshire from AAA
US Bancorp: A $1.7B Loss for Berkshire Hathaway? [View article]