investment-grade

investment-grade
investment-grade inˈvestment-ˌgrade adjective FINANCE
investment-grade Securities (= shares, bonds etc) are a fairly safe investment because they are quite likely to be repaid:

• Philadelphia was able to get investment-grade ratings for the issue because money to repay the bonds will be set aside in a special fund.

beˌlow-inˈvestment-ˌgrade FINANCE
below-investment-grade Securities have a high risk of not being repaid:

• below-investment-grade junk bonds

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investment-grade UK US adjective FINANCE
used to describe a financial product that has low risk and will probably make a profit: »

About $1.5 billion in investment-grade corporate bonds were sold Tuesday.

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Banks make more money arranging loans for junk-rated companies than for firms with investment-grade credit ratings.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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