Standard and Poors
The major agencies have issued multiple credit ratings downgrades and negative credit ratings views Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning.
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The recession is here, and it looks worse with each new forecast. Now, Standard & Poor's has issued a new update on the coronavirus impact on the global economy.
14 days ago
It seems that things are only getting worse for Bed Bath & Beyond after Standard & Poor’s downgraded its credit rating again.
1 year ago
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When investors hear that one of the world’s top credit ratings agencies has issued a sovereign downgrade of one of the world’s biggest nations, it tends to bring more than just some...
2 years ago
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S&P slashed its rating of Gulf nation Qatar due to the nation's dispute with seven others in the region.
2 years ago
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Many investors now do not want to take any non-market risk in specific stocks or even in specific sectors. That leads them into the S&P 500 index funds. The question that many investors will ask...
3 years ago
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Verizon and AT&T both dominate communications in mobile and terrestrial phones and data plans. But after that, there has been a clear difference in how they are moving their businesses.
3 years ago
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Goldman Sachs has lowered its equity weighting to Underweight for the next three months, and there are 10 points that matter here for equity investors.
3 years ago
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Investors often wonder what to think when the stock market hits new all-time highs. Do they sell or do they chase the market higher?
3 years ago
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After years of dividend growth, and after years of dividend chasing, now investors are being told that the overall climate is one in which U.S. dividends remain under pressure.
3 years ago
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It has been expected since Brexit that the credit rating agencies would chop the “AAA” rating of the United Kingdom. That happened today, and S&P cut its UK rating to...
3 years ago
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Standard & Poor's has now shown that the first quarter of 2016 saw a 12% rise in buyback spending to a whopping $161.4 billion.
3 years ago
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The number of S&P 500 companies with buybacks in the first calendar quarter of 2016 was up a sharp 12% from a year earlier.
3 years ago
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On Monday, June 13, a note from Credit Suisse signaled that the stock market's valuation looks stretched. So, what is it that Credit Suisse so worried about?
3 years ago
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Effective Friday, May 27, insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher will replace Coca-Cola Enterprises on the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
3 years ago
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