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Municipal Bond Ratings. What is a Bond Rating. A bond rating performs the isolated function of credit risk evaluation. A bond rating does not constitute a recommendation to invest in a bond and does not take into consideration the risk preference of the investor. While many factors go into the investment decision making process, the bond rating is often the single most important factor affecting the interest cost on bonds.
The stronger the issuer's financial position the higher the credit rating assigned to the company. The top rating is 10 which is for AAA ratings -- the gold standrd. These securities set the benchmark for safety and all other bonds are rated relative to the safety of owning them. The ratings table is divided into two primary categories. Investment grade and speculative grade ratings.