Moody's Corporation, often referred to as Moody's, is the holding company for Moody's Investors Service (MIS), a credit rating agency, and Moody's Analytics (MA), a provider of financial analysis software and services.
Moody's was founded by John Moody in 1909 to produce manuals of statistics related to stocks and bonds and bond ratings. The business was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1962 and spun off as a separate company, organized as Moody's Corporation, in 2000. Moody's Corporation established Moody's Analytics in 2007.
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