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Article Review: Hospital Bond Ratings
Credit rating agencies such as Fitch and Moody's are in the news constantly with their ongoing credit reviews. Hospital issued bonds are one type of debt that these credit agencies rate and review.
In this assignment, you are going to locate a news article about a hospital bond rating by Moody's or Fitch. To accomplish this, perform an Internet search using "Fitch hospital bond rating" or "Moody's hospital bond rating" as your search phrase. (An easy way to find recent news articles about various topics is to use the "News" filter that is part of the Google search engine.)
Author of Article:
Title of Article:
Journal/ Newspaper/ Website - Name and date:
Summary of Article:
(This section is a summary of the article. It should be about a paragraph in length.)
Key Points:
(This section should state the important points discussed in the article. It should be bulleted or numbered and in sentence form.)
Your Reaction to Article:
(This section is your opinion or reaction to the information in the article given the topics covered in the class this week. You can provide a critique on how it was written and whether or not you agree with what is said. Try to relate the information learned in the course to support your opinions or reactions.)
Questions:
What is their current rating and what does it mean? What factors do you think led to the bond rating? What could they do to improve their rating?
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