8 who saw the crisis coming...
One year after the credit crunch began, Fortune looks back at who saw trouble ahead, and who just ended up in trouble.
1. The Ratings Gadfly
Sean Egan
Egan-Jones Ratings
A vocal critic of rivals Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's, Egan has a track record of warning investors about poor credit quality long before the Big Three ratings agencies. Most recently he said to shun subprime-mortgage-backed bonds even while the other agencies said these were investment-grade credits.
NEXT: The Economist
Egan-Jones Ratings
A vocal critic of rivals Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's, Egan has a track record of warning investors about poor credit quality long before the Big Three ratings agencies. Most recently he said to shun subprime-mortgage-backed bonds even while the other agencies said these were investment-grade credits.
NEXT: The Economist
Last updated August 06 2008: 6:26 PM ET
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