Adverse Quote by Seth Klarman

Ratings agencies are the glue that ostensibly holds the entire financial industry together.

— Matt Taibbi

“The alchemy that the ratings agencies performed was to spin uncertainty into what looked and felt like risk. They took highly novel securities, subject…

— Nate Silver

“...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.”

— Nate Silver

The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are.

— Julie Plec

“The alchemy that the ratings agencies performed was to spin uncertainty into what looked and felt like risk. They took highly novel securities, subject…

— Nate Silver

We're never pleased when our ratings aren't growing at the rate we would like, but we understand that circumstances will always have us going…

— Brian France

It's not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But the financial…

— Matt Taibbi

I think ratings are something that shouldn't bother you. At the end of it, you should be happy with what you are doing.

— Nikita Dutta

Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics I would…

— John Fante

It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'

— Mike Farrell

I don't look at ratings until somebody tells me.

— Padma Lakshmi

People will do anything for ratings and that's the scary part, and I learned the hard way.

— Erica Mena