Numeric predictions on effect of US debt downgrade

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Numeric predictions on effect of US debt downgrade

Postby 68Camaro » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:02 pm

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Deal-or-n ... et=&ccode=

"A cut to the U.S. credit rating could hit stocks harder than bonds. A study by Janney Montgomery Scott looked at rating changes to countries over the past decade. After Spain was downgraded in 2009, Spain's stock market fell 8 percent in three months. A cut to Japan's credit rating in 2011 knocked the country's stock market down 3.4 percent in three months. The study, released in April, suggested the S&P 500 would fall 6% after a U.S. downgrade, erasing all its gains for the year."
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