THE recent decision by Standard & Poor’s to publicly put the credit rating of America’s debt on notice of a possible downgrade from the unimpeachable “triple A” status caused only a brief ripple in equity markets.Read
AT ITS root, the minimum goal of most investors (as opposed to speculators or traders) is not to avoid losses, but to preserve purchasing power over the long term.Read
A NOTABLE phenomenon, following the credit crisis, has been the financial strength of the corporate sector – with the exception of the banks – which has been in sharp contrast to the indebtedness of governments in the developed world.Read
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