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A rating agency is a company that assesses how likely a borrower — a government, bank or company — is to repay its debt, and publishes that opinion as a letter grade such as AAA or BB.
A rating scale is the graded system of letter symbols — from AAA at the top down to D — that credit rating agencies use to rank how likely a bond issuer or bond is to default, from the safest investment grade to the riskiest high yield.
Rating trigger is a clause in a bond’s terms that automatically changes the deal — the coupon, the collateral, or the repayment date — when the issuer’s credit rating crosses a set threshold, almost always a downgrade.
Rating watch is a formal alert from a credit rating agency that a bond or issuer rating is under active review and likely to change in the near term — usually within about 90 days.
Recovery rate is the percentage of a loan, bond, or other debt instrument that investors or lenders recover after a borrower defaults. It is used in credit analysis to estimate potential losses, compare different types of debt, and assess how seniority, collateral, capital structure, and market conditions may affect the value recovered from defaulted debt.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that an investor will have to reinvest cash flows from an investment, such as bond coupon payments or principal received at maturity, at a lower rate than the original investment. In fixed income, this risk becomes more important when interest rates fall, because new bonds or money market instruments may offer lower yields than the securities previously held.
A rising star bond is a bond issued by a company whose credit quality is improving and whose rating may move from high yield to investment grade. These bonds can offer higher yields while the issuer is still rated below investment grade, but their price may rise if investors expect a future rating upgrade.