Fitch Ratings downgraded Berkshire Hathaway's so-called Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured debt ratings to double A+ and double A, respectively. Berkshire's insurance arm maintained its triple A, but all divisions are on negative watch. Fitch also said having Warren Buffett as head of the company is a risk...
Fitch views this risk as unrelated to Mr. Buffett's age, but rather Fitch's belief that Berkshire's record of outstanding long-term investment results and the company's ability to identify and purchase attractive operating companies is intimately tied to Mr. Buffett.
And yesterday, Standard & Poor's stripped GE of its triple-A rating. That leaves only five triple-A-rated companies. They are ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, ADP, and Pfizer.
Friday, March 13, 2009
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