While the major debt rating agencies, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, still rate Ford's debt investment grade, analysts at Egan-Jones Ratings, an independent credit analysis firm in Wynnewood, Pa., downgraded Ford to junk bond status in January.
This grim price action and the company's struggles with deregulation have fallen on deaf ears in the brokerage community, as five of the 10 analysts following FE still rate the stock a "buy" or better, according to Zacks, with no "sell" ratings to be found.
I still rate our captain Martin Skrtel highly too.
Still, rate payers should not expect immediate returns.
"Remember we still rate the UK AAA with a negative outlook.
I still rate the boy, albeit nowhere near as highly as he rates himself.
Voters still rate Mr. Bush fairly well on the big question of fighting terrorism.
"It was a difficult decision because I still rate Uwe as a manager, but we don't want to drop another division".
Fitch Ratings has already downgraded Ambac's insurance business to double-A, though Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's still rate the firm triple-A.
Because of their money and support around the country, Mr. Bush and Mr. Gore still rate as the front-runners for their parties' nominations.
Fifty of 57 analysts still rate it a strong buy or buy, and Mr. Zabitsky remains the lone analyst with a sell recommendation.
