Playing the ratings game

It's a familiar theme. Trot along to any investor conference in the coming months and you are bound to come across it. Indeed, chances are that it's lurking in the wings at most financial community gatherings. You may even have come across it yourself this very day. What theme is this that wends its evil way into all our working lives? The global market, that's what. It appears in many guises. You may have discovered it dressed up as global investing or a global view or global sectoral analysis