credit analysis

credit analysis definition - finance
A bond portfolio investment strategy that involves undertaking a detailed analysis of the bond issuer in order to determine the likelihood of changes in its credit status or the likelihood of default.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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