Three decades ago, the club of triple A-rated American corporate borrowers was a busy place. About 60 big companies, ranging from Pfizer to General Motors, were deemed so “safe” that they held this coveted tag from the credit rating agencies.
No longer. Standard & Poor’s has just stripped the mighty ExxonMobil of its triple-A rank because of understandable concerns about falling oil prices and mounting energy sector debt.
This leaves just two — yes, two — American companies still in that triple-A club: the unlikely duo of Microsoft and healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson.
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