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As the private credit market enters a challenging new phase of the credit cycle marked by worsening loan performance, recoveries are likely to underperform expectations, with software hardest hit, says Michael Gross, co-founder of SLR Capital Partners. “I believe you’re going to see more and more defaults,” said Gross in an interview with LCD. “It likely won’t be anything systemic, but the one concern I have about defaults is that we’re going to need to throw the data people have used in the pas

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Artificial intelligence is driving growth in more than one corner of Amazon's sprawling business.

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Moby summary of Eversource Energy's Q2 2026 earnings call

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Investors are punishing hyperscalers for their massive AI spending sprees, but the real danger may lurk on the opposite side of the ledger. One company has found a way to sidestep the whole dilemma entirely, and it reveals something important about who actually wins this race.

McGraw Hill (MH) recently filed a US$1.58b shelf registration for common stock while also receiving a series of Moody’s rating upgrades, drawing fresh attention to how the company might manage future funding needs. See our latest analysis for McGraw Hill. The recent shelf registration and Moody’s upgrades have coincided with a sharp rebound in McGraw Hill’s stock, with a 1-day share price return of 6.5% and 7-day share price return of 17.8%. Even with this bounce, the year to date share price...

Financial firms serve as the backbone of the economy, providing essential services from lending and investment management to risk management and payment processing. But worries about economic uncertainty and potential market volatility have kept sentiment in check, and over the past six months, the industry’s 3.8% return has trailed the S&P 500 by 2.4 percentage points.

Italgas SpA (ITGGF) reports a robust 17.5% revenue increase and significant cost reductions, while Moody's upgrades its credit outlook to positive.

Moody's stock has delivered a solid 37.7% gain over the past three years, yet its current checks point to an expensive footing, with both the intrinsic value estimate from the Excess Returns model and market multiples indicating the shares trade at a premium to those benchmarks. A 37.7% return over three years suggests long term holders in Moody's have been rewarded, setting a higher bar for any new upside case from here. Recent partnerships that embed Moody's risk data into client AI...

European banking leaders are sharpening risk management and compliance, backed by heavy AI investment, according to a report released by Moodys

In the second quarter of 2026, Moody’s Corporation reported higher sales of US$2,185 million and net income of US$878 million, with earnings per share rising markedly from a year earlier, and it completed a share repurchase program totaling 18,702,406 shares for US$7,560.11 million that began in 2020. Together with an affirmed quarterly dividend of US$1.03 per share and growing AI-focused partnerships such as the Intapp integration, these results highlight how Moody’s is pairing earnings...

Moody's (MCO) is back in focus after reporting second quarter results that exceeded market expectations, lifting full year guidance and pairing that update with a larger share repurchase plan. See our latest analysis for Moody's. The earnings beat and guidance upgrade come after a choppy few months for Moody's, with the share price down 9.01% over the past week but still showing a 3.55% 90 day share price return and a 37.73% three year total shareholder return. This suggests that longer term...

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Intapp, Inc. and Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) are expanding their partnership to integrate Moody's financial risk intelligence into Intapp's AI platform. The integration will embed Moody's data into Intapp's Celeste agentic AI for legal, private capital, and accounting professionals. The collaboration aims to align with emerging open standards and broaden access to Moody's analytics within client workflows. For investors following Moody's, this move highlights how the company is looking...

The AI bubble is inflated with billions in borrowed money, with no guarantee of a payoff.

AMAT, TXN, MCO, V and WMT use strong moats to fend off rivals and deliver consistent returns amid market shifts.

A markets mystery has perplexed some analysts this year: Why are stocks sitting near all-time highs while the global economy is rocked by geopolitical conflict and inflation pressures?

Moodys Corp (MCO) reports a robust 15% revenue increase and raises full-year guidance amid strategic growth and market challenges.

Moby summary of Moody's Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) reported what President and CEO Rob Fauber called a “standout second quarter,” with broad-based growth across its ratings and analytics businesses and higher select full-year guidance metrics. On the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call, Fauber said enterprise revenue rose

SSAB AB (publ) (SSAAF) reports robust financial performance with increased revenues, strategic investments, and a stable credit rating, despite facing cost challenges.

Pre-Markets Slip Following Tuesday's Rally.

It's been a rough month of trading, particularly for the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which is down around -6%.