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The Motley Fool August 9, 2011 Morgan Housel |
A Reason to be Angry -- and a Better One to be Happy By S&P's account, Washington is the sole reason the nation's credit was downgraded. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 |
Five Questions With John Chambers John Chambers, managing director at S&P's credit market services division and chairman of its sovereign ratings group, talks about S&P's downgrading of the credit rating of the U.S. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2011 Morgan Housel |
4 Things to Remember About the Credit Downgrade A few thoughts after a wild week. |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Crisis Averted? The Latest on the Debt Ceiling What you need to know about the mess in Washington. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Get Ready for a U.S. Debt Downgrade? The odds are higher than you think. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2011 Ilan Moscovitz |
Next Stop: Economic Armageddon? What failure to raise the debt ceiling means. |
The Motley Fool August 7, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Credit Downgrade: What to Expect This Week Thoughts on the unknown. Now that America's credit rating has been downgraded, how is Mr. Market going to respond when the markets open tomorrow morning? |
HBS Working Knowledge August 10, 2011 |
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis In the midst of the US debt crisis, Harvard Business School faculty offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Full Faith and Credit The insanity of playing with the debt ceiling. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2011 John Grgurich |
Fitch Says "Boo" to U.S. Sovereign Debt Fitch threatens a downgrade. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Morgan Housel |
What You Need to Know About the Debt-Ceiling Crisis The countdown begins. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Roundtable: Will the U.S. Lose Its AAA Rating? Three analysts weigh in. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Still the Most Powerful Companies in the World The unmatched power of the rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's. |
Reason May 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Bonds Won't Stay Bulletproof Forever Another downgrade could be in the works, but will it matter? |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Partying Like It's 1995 Destroy the debt ceiling before it destroys us. |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Lisa Lerer |
The Tea Party: Playing Chicken with Debt The White House and congressional Republicans draw lines in the sand |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2011 Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How China Could Make U.S. Stocks Soar Maybe there's a better place than Treasuries for the most-populous nation's money. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Congress: Doomed From the Beginning Why the supercommittee failed. |
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 |
Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2004 |
Fix Your Credit Report Errors You can -- and should! -- make sure your credit report is accurate. |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 |
Fixing Your Credit Report Errors Here's how -- and why! -- you should correct your credit report. |
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Cutting Through The Budget Smoke Long-term growth matters to the health of the U.S. federal budget, and so does reforming entitlements. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Standard & Poor's Lowers the Boom on the U.S. Standard & Poor's put a "negative" outlook on the U.S.'s credit rating. What does that mean for your portfolio? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2012 Mark Vitner |
Economic Outlook: Uncertainty vs. Modest Gains Though Europe's financial crisis continues to impact the overall economy, the U.S. is less dependent on exports than other developed economies and appears to riding out the global economic storm relatively well. |
National Defense May 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
What the Latest U.S. Budget Crisis Means for the Future of Defense Even if defense survives significant 2012 budget cuts, the probability is that 2013 or 2014 will be very tough years for military budgets. |
InternetNews July 6, 2010 |
Gartner Revises IT Spending Forecast for 2010 The research firm trims its 2010 forecast for global IT spending. What areas still look strong? |
InternetNews December 3, 2007 Paul Shread |
Tech Stocks Lead Market Pullback Tech stocks fell for a second day Monday, as Dell's cautious outlook continued to weigh on the sector... E*Trade fell on a Bank of America downgrade... IBM edged higher on a $1 billion buyback... etc. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2011 Rebecca Lipman |
Credit Downgrade Watch: Top 10 Short-Seller Targets in the S&P 500 Short-sellers think these major companies are in major trouble, and vulnerable to headline risk. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Glenn Hubbard |
The Social Security And Medicare Morass Entitlement reform in the U.S. -- and encouraging more private saving -- are essential. |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics The heavyweight economy policy debate over the past two decades has been Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics. The two philosophies seem to have fought each other to a draw. |
CFO September 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
It's the Deficit,... Neither Bush nor Kerry would close the federal budget gap. But that's where the policy resemblance ends. While 86 percent of CFOs are concerned about the size of the deficit, so far neither Bush nor Kerry has demonstrated much real interest in it. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Arezki et al. |
Bad News Spreads When government debt is downgraded, the ill effects can be felt across countries and financial markets. |
BusinessWeek April 13, 2011 Peter Coy |
Washington Plays Chicken With the Debt Forcing a U.S. default is no small matter, yet many Americans say they want just that. It's time for cooler heads on Capitol Hill to step up and lead |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Calling a Nonexistent Bluff Is there really a chance that the debt ceiling won't be raised? |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Brian Perry |
Debt Battle Won't Destroy Treasurys A U.S. credit downgrade would hurt the nation's pride and unleash bad publicity, but the real impact on bond investors would be muted. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Ron Paul's Big Idea The government is buried in debt and quickly approaching default if it can't or won't raise the national debt ceiling over the next few weeks. Paul's solution is simple. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2011 Gary Cassady |
How to Trade Budget Cuts With the economy still in such dire straits, it is unclear exactly what effect spending cuts will have on the recovering economy. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Edward Teach |
Thriller The federal government's annual report is not for the faint of heart. |
U.S. Banker December 2010 Aneta Markowska |
Is There Room for More Fiscal Expansion? As a percentage of total spending, the amount of interest that the federal government pays on its debt is at the lowest level since the mid-1970s. This suggests it is affordable to spur the economy a little bit more. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
U.S. Treasury 1, S&P 0 Treasuries stand out in a bond market that's otherwise lackluster at best. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Balance the Budget Deficit in 3 Easy Steps Willie Sutton robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Those wrestling over how to attack the deficit would be wise to think the same way. |
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Goldman's Andrew Tilton The senior U.S. economist for Goldman Sachs talks about the outlook for the rest of 2011. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Christopher Barker |
1,000 Lashes for Washington's Debt Deal The controversial debt deal draws a punishing response. |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
The S&P 500's Biggest Movers Here are the stock market's five biggest movers and five biggest losers for the week. |