NEW YORK — Wall Street snapped out of its holiday-season funk Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rallied 1.3% for its first gain since Dec. 24 and its best day in nearly two months. Strength ...

The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year. The Nasdaq added 0.8%.

The company's roots date back to the 1860s. Known for many years as Standard & Poor's, its official corporate name since 2016 has been S&P Global. S&P Global is a public company trading under the ...

Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt.

Standard & Poor’s decision to place the city on what it calls “credit watch” — even while reaffirming the city’s BBB+ rating — could raise the interest rate by roughly one-quarter of ...

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was created by credit agency Standard & Poor’s in 1957. While the index is not specifically the top 500 U.S. companies per se, it does represent a good ...

The three major bond ratings agencies are Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings. Investment-grade bonds offer lower interest but high safety; speculative ones have higher risk and return.

On March 31, 2025, Standard & Poor’s has upgraded Michelin’s (Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin and its main financial subsidiaries) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) ...

The Standard & Poor’s credit rating agency affirmed its outlook for the Egyptian economy at positive, while maintaining its debt rating at B-/B. The credit rating agency said in its review that the ...

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year. The Nasdaq added 0.8%.

The impact of Standard & Poor’s decision to place the city on what it calls “credit watch” could cost Chicago taxpayers $160 million in the long run — $4 million a year over 40 years.