Glossary
- Range warrant
- ratB (price addendum)
- ratG (price addendum)
- Rating
- Rating agency
- Real-time price
- Redemption
- Registered share with restricted transferability
- Registered shares
- Registrar
- Registrar company
- Regulated Market
- Renewal coupon
- Repo
- Repurchase agreement
- Repurchase in the open market
- Resistance level
- Retail investment fund
- Retained earnings
- Return
- Review (indices)
- REX (German bond index)
- Rho (warrants)
- Risk of total loss
- Round lot
- Runaway gap
Rating agency
Agency assessing the creditworthiness of companies
Rating agencies are specialised and independent; they evaluate a company's ability to meet obligations related to interest and redemption payments – both short-term and long-term. On the basis of these criteria, companies receive a rating. The leading agencies in this field are Moody's and Standard & Poor's. The purpose of ratings is to make the risk associated with an investment more transparent for investors.
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