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S & P downgrades, dollar, debt, trade, the Fed (by SchiffReport)

U.S. Justice Department Investigates S&P

Uploaded by PigMine3 on Aug 18, 2011

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewsOnline

August 18, 2011 - The Justice Department is investigating credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s to determine whether it manipulated its ratings of mortgage-backed securities in the years before the financial meltdown. Bob Orr reports.

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Are credit rating agencies credible?

Uploaded by RTAmerica on Aug 14, 2011

Recently Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US’ credit score, but people are wondering if this downgrade really means anything? These same agencies gave Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns excellent credit ratings. What drives the interests of these credit rating agencies? Do they have their own agenda? Karl Denninger, from The Market Ticker, gets to the bottom of this.

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Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Downgraded By S&P

Uploaded by PigMine3 on Aug 9, 2011

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo

August 09, 2011 - The U.S. credit rating downgrade has also dragged down the country’s two biggest government sponsored mortgage lenders. Deborah Gembara reports.

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Gold Soars - Technical Factors

Uploaded by PigMine3 on Aug 8, 2011

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo

August 08, 2011 - Gold prices are up as investors flee equity and bond markets to the traditional safe haven. Reuters Insider analyst Richard Muller takes a look at the fundamentals, the flows, and the technicals.

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Dow Crashes 635 Points After S&P Downgrade

Uploaded by PigMine3 on Aug 8, 2011

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress

August 08, 2011 - Stocks plunged Monday as anxiety overtook investors on the first trading day since Standard & Poor’s downgraded American debt. (Aug. 8)

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The Price of a U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade

Uploaded by catoinstitutevideo on Aug 5, 2011

http://www.downsizinggovernment.org

The federal government’s debt may soon be downgraded by major credit rating agencies. What would that mean?

Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg