In the video clip below, I explain that the rating agencies DID NOT fail to do their jobs during the credit bubble and subsequent bust of 2008-2009, nor did they fail in the ongoing pan-European sovereign debt crisis. They succeeded wildly because they served their actual constituency --- the banks!

 

I see many pundits on CNBC commenting on Apple. I believe they are ALL wrong! To begin with, nearly all of them are coming up with revaluations after the fact - which is simply too late and lacks credibility. Second, Apple has someserious steps to take if it is to get back into the mobile computing race.