SEC Investor Bulletin: The ABCs of Credit Ratings

The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy and its Office of Credit Ratings have issued an Investor Bulletin to educate investors about credit ratings. The following subjects were addressed:

• What is a credit rating?
• What a credit rating is not.
• Who provides credit ratings?
• Potential conflicts of interest in credit ratings.
• Where can you find credit ratings and related information?
• Why do investors use credit ratings?
• Credit ratings are subjective.

See: SEC Investor Bulletin.