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Fitch Downgrades Portugal To A-, On Rating Watch Negative
In a very unsurprising move, Fitch just downgraded Portugal to A-, is on Rating Watch Negative, and may be downgraded further. Nobody cares since everyone knows all too well Europe is pretty much insolvent. In fact we are shocked the EURUSD is not at 2.00 on the news.
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Well, technically, it's about sqrt(2.0).
Anyway, give it time.
Judging by what the PSI-20 Portuguese equities benchmark index did today, this is surely bullish for Portuguese stocks, so a gap up is expected as soon as tomorrow!
/sarcasm off.
Only numerous grades higher than Illinois very shocking.
Wow, Thats not good.
Good news for the market
Im on sarcasm mode
So was I :)
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I think this news is good for DOW 150+ what do you think
-In fact we are shocked the EURUSD is not at 2.00 on the news.
Stop the crap or back to kindergarten
hooray for captain obvious
Thats rather like the old saw, "Bombing Afghanastan up to the stone-age". A-. Really?
Who cares about what Fitch or Moody's or whatever these rating agencies do? They are part and parcel of the same Ponzi Scheme called America.
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Don't be so hard on the ratings agency people... they are just a bunch of poor saps trying to earn a buck.
Besides, they are just angry about being harrassed by investors, congressmen and the occasional 'bloody loco'...
http://gawker.com/#!5785015/subway-sweater-guy-who-fended-off-bloody-loco-speaks
Don't know why ZH double posted my previous comment?
Well, your point is well taken. People don't make a Ponzi Scheme work, or do they? Just because they work for this Corp. from Hell does it mean that they are not responsible for their actions just because they are a cog in the wheel of the Ponzi Scheme? BTW, the cool, calm, and collective one is that video is not a 'norte americano'. The crazy one is that norte americano.
I muss say I'm rather bemused by the recent strength in the EUR
Is it really necessary to have a rating if everyone and Satan is bailed out anyway? Good for laughs I guess.
Most people would be surprised to see how many "high quality" essential service revs and G.O.'s are just plain shit. Many investment firms still have it in their ADV that they will invest in _% AA or insured so they buy absolute shit. So in that sense, Moodys/S&P still matter.
It really is hot potato in the muni market. Meredith maybe early, but she is definitely not wrong.
I am shocked they didn't wait a few more days to do a better review.
Who pays these people?!
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/04/who-pays-the-rating-age...
better than expected junk shot
man, what do you have to do to get a BBB
lol
Hmm, how to get downgraded...
Spend within your means, save, and be productive. That will get you downgraded for sure.
I would say A- represents serious grade inflation.
Retardonomics at work, EURUSD up 0.78% today.
Sweet, maybe a meteor will hit Portugal and they will get their AAA rating back.
China - hard at work swapping USD turds for EUR turds!!!
Aksjully... the ratings should be rated. To complete the circle of fail it should be done so by the central banks...
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junk bitchez!
(neh - too obvious)
ps: I'm new too. Always have been.
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LOL A-
affirmative action grading
Fitch = junk
Why aren't these professional liars in jail? Not one of the ratings agencies should be operational after the collossal fraud to which they continue to subject us.
Shut these MFers down, and behead the executives.
Here's some more bullish news from Europe. Rioting seems to transfer into the heart of EU, not just Greece or MENA anymore...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-brussels-protests-idUSTRE72...
Conversely, Why aren't you shocked that USDEUR didn't reached (2.00 ) long ago.... Do you really want to compare the financials of Portugal with California, or some other US states ?
Hey Portugal, take the bailout money and run!
It's not BAILOUT. It's more debt. That money isn't a grant. It's a loan.
They Must Defaut. Until someone has the balls to default, nothing is going to change. A default will FINALLY trigger the swaps and take it all down.
They need a new TV show to correlate to this bullshit.
The Biggest winner, were chubbies eat as much as they can. Hot dog and pie eating contests and the like.
Most amerikans want the ponzi to continue. Bring on all the fake bobbies you can. The ratings agencies are probably instructed to lie for "national security" reasons, and to protect their own personal ponzi positions.
Waiting for next big propaganda campaign;
"telling the truth, is un amerikan."
this latest move up in the market with all this ugly stuff like the downgrade happening= def. a shorting oppty: http://www.hedgefundlive.com/blog/recent-march-rally-a-shorting-opportunity
I guess A- is the new F+
INVESTMENT GRADE, bitches.
USD minus Pentagon = Insolvent Fiat #1.
When I was in school an A- was considered a pretty good grade.
Someone, somewhere HAS to have the balls to default and trigger the swaps.
Only the swaps really matter. It is the swaps that cause the rampant bailouts. Until someone defaults rather than take a slavery inducing bailout, nothing will change.
The market's response to anything euro negative as of late can be condensed down to one simple sentiment : who gives a fuck .
It truly has been a nightmare to trade , as has FX in general .
Believe that Master Puppeteer got really busy trying to coordinate japanese crisis & JPY case and to keep "balance" in global banking finance fiat scam.
During this exeptional period banking cabal has nothing against USD slowly depreciating keping EUR relativly high.
In the meantime, rest of utilities (MSM, ratings etc) did continue according to original plan.
And here we are, wondering why the hell is EUR still going higher