zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / February 7, 2013, 18:52
While Moody’s slipped over 20% when the DoJ announced its cajillion dollar lawsuit against S&P for knowing the crisis was coming but not telling anyone, it later bounced back over 10% as investors believed the non-US-downgrading rating agency (that happened to be owned by Buffett) was too-big-to-jail. After-hours today, Reuters is reporting that the Justice Department and multiple states are discussing also suing Moody’s Corp for defrauding investors, according to people familiar with the matter, but any such move will likely wait until a similar lawsuit against rival Standard and Poor’s is tested in the courts. The stock is trading down 3% after-hours as sources (not authorized to speak publicly) added “don’t think Moody’s is off the hook.” We can’t help but think about the pending sequester-delaying deficit spike as perhaps, to appear impartial, the DoJ will keep the threat of a lawsuit against Moody’s alive… during the entire period when the US may and should be downgraded.
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