Standard & Poor's Corporation (S&P) is a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill, Inc. that provides a range of investment services, including rating securities, compiling the S&P composite indexes of stocks, and publishing statistical materials, investment advisory reports, and other financial information.
The classification of stocks and bonds according to risk, issued by Standard & Poor's Corporation. S&P's ratings range from Investment Grade for low-risk investments to speculative grades for higher-risk investments.
