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Yes, they have been beaten up.  So have their peers.  Yes, the Government is breathing down their neck.  Still, they are a dominate player in an industry with few players and their margins are just great.  Their net margin is 30.7% according to Morningstar.  This stock is not for the faint of heart, but once we get through this time of trouble, they will still be rating, people will still care what their opinions are, and they will still be able to charge a great deal of money for their services.  Even if the stock recovers to only the 40's or 50's (compared to a price in the 70's before t

I noticed in a recent poll that Obama is favored over McCain to win the election.

I decided to investigate what Obama's America might look like.  One bullet I noticed was Obama's reaction to the credit crisis.  Specifically, Obama vows to investigate how Moody's along with Standard & Poor's are paid by issuers of securities to make decisions on the stabilility and sentiment of credit ratings.  Fitch, although guilty by association, saved some face by standing up to MBIA.  The worst-case scenario is to regulate with limits on revenues generated, or other incentives credit ratings firms