My full name is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. My name refers to a specific set of guidelines that have been established to help publicly-traded companies create their financial statements. Publicly-traded companies are companies that have made stock in their organization available for sale to the public.
Bond Rating. Rating agencies grade bonds on a letter scale that indicates credit worthiness and risk. In simplest terms, the lower the letter scale, the lower the quality and the higher risk potential: AAA or triple A rating â indicates the highest-quality bonds that offer the highest protection for principal and interest payments; A or single A rating â indicates good to medium-grade bonds; BBB or triple B rating â indicates medium-grade quality bonds, with adequate protection; Below triple B is considered speculative, high-risk securities and the category is referred to as junk bonds.
The noun NB has 2 senses: 1. a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium. 2. a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something.