Articles About Treasury Securities

Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
09.14.2011

S&P Downgrade Costs Investors $1 Trillion

Shareholders in American companies can blame Standard & Poor’s  for taking $1 trillion of their money after the rating firm downgraded Treasury securities for the first time in American history to AA+ from AAA.  Now, some of the most experienced investors say the stock market losses make no sense.  While the benchmark index for U.S. […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
01.31.2011

Latest CPI Numbers Show a Still-Shaky Economy

Rising gas prices and the dearth of jobs are negatively impacting consumer confidence and bringing the first hint of inflation in a long time.   The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed an increase of 0.5 percent in December, primarily a result of skyrocketing gas costs, according to the Department of Labor.  The AAA reports that the […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
12.30.2008

How Low Can the Fed Go?

The Federal Reserve is pulling out most – if not all — of the stops to thaw credit.  The central bank has cut its federal funds rate for overnight borrowing to just 0.25 percent, the lowest level ever.  But the move is likely too little, too late because the problem is not the lack of […]

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