is bbb investment grade 
yes bbb does indicate investment grade it is the lowest s p rating to qualify as investment grade it means a bond or an issuer exhibits adequate protection parameters however adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor s capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation as s p puts it 14the bottom linestandard poor s officially s p global is a public company in the financial information and analytics business based in the u s but with offices around the world it provides financial market research and intelligence maintaining widely followed market and securities indexes the best known of which the s p 500 index acts as a barometer of the entire u s stock market in addition standard poor s is one of the largest credit rating agencies assigning letter grades to companies and countries and the debt they issue 18