Author Topic: Markets Take Latest Greek Downgrade Calmly  (Read 1563 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline bijou

  • Topic Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8937
  • Reputation: +336/-26
Markets Take Latest Greek Downgrade Calmly
« on: June 15, 2010, 09:12:27 AM »
Quote
Moody's Investors Service cut its credit rating on Greek sovereign debt to "junk" on Monday, long after sovereign-debt worries had spread beyond Greece, resulting in a muted market reaction.

Moody's, a unit of Moody's Corp., downgraded Greece four notches to "Ba1," one notch below investment-grade, from "A3." Moody's also downgraded Greece's short-term debt rating to "Not-Prime" from "Prime-1."...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704324304575306794131831372.html?%20m%20od=WSJ_hpp_sections_business



Offline NHSparky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24431
  • Reputation: +1280/-617
  • Where are you going? I was gonna make espresso!
Re: Markets Take Latest Greek Downgrade Calmly
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2010, 11:30:06 AM »
The reason why they're not going apeshit is because 1--it was expected, 2--nobody is rioting (for now).  When the same shit starts happening in Italy, Spain, and Portugal within the next six months to a year, the defecation will DEFINITELY contact the oscillation.
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”  -Henry Ford