In September of 2000, Moody’s Investor Service, one of the top two credit rating agencies next to Standard and Poors which dealt in the collateralized debt obligation (CDO) market, is spun off from Dun and Bradstreet, and becomes a publicly traded company. Key dates for Moody’s: [source] 1900: John Moody establishes John Moody & Company. 1903: Moody’s [...]