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US Rating Downgrade Pushes Treasury Yields To 5%: What It Means For Stocks
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 1:13pm | 1251The Moody's downgrade of U.S. credit on Friday sent shockwaves through markets, driving 30-year Treasury yields to 5% — a level unseen since October 2023 — reviving fears about debt sustainability and putting downward pressure on equity valuations across the board. Moody's decision marks the third...
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After 130% Surge, AMD Faces Uncertain Road Ahead: Top Analyst Says Chipmaker's Future Shrouded In Doubt
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 4:03am | 701Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) shares experienced a significant surge in 2023, driven by the increasing demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications. However, the stock’s future trajectory has now been thrown into uncertainty as an...
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S&P Slashes Ratings Of 5 US Regional Banks Facing Growing Challenges
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 8:50am | 829S&P Global Ratings has cast a spotlight on the challenges faced by several U.S. regional banks, resulting in a series of downgrades that have reverberated through the financial sector. According to the renowned rating agency, the Federal Reserve’s tight grip on monetary policy is now...
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US Credit Rating Cut Triggers Surge In Treasury Yields: 7 ETFs Experience Wild Swings
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 4:28pm | 794U.S. Treasury yields experienced a significant surge on Wednesday, influenced by a combination of factors including elevated issuance plans and Fitch’s downgrade of the United States’ sovereign credit rating. The 10-year Treasury note briefly reached a yield of 4.1%, while the yield on...
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Yellen Rebukes Fitch's 'Unwarranted' Downgrade Of US Credit Rating: Treasuries Hit 9-Month Low
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 3:00pm | 496U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is publicly criticizing Fitch’s decision to downgrade the United States’ credit rating, a move that led to a significant drop in stock prices on Wednesday. The downgrade was deemed “entirely unwarranted” by Yellen. Yellen, during a...
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Deja Vu: After Fitch's Cut To US Credit Rating, A Look At The Market Fallout From S&P's 2011 Downgrade
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 12:44pm | 811The recent downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+ by Fitch Ratings has brought back memories of a similar event occurred exactly 12 years ago. On Aug. 6, 2011, S&P made history by downgrading the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ for the first time since 1941. S&P...
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Fitch Slashes US Credit Rating: 5 Top Economists Weigh In On Economic Fallout
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 10:42am | 693In a move that sent shockwaves through global markets, Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States’ sovereign credit grade from AAA to AA+. This downgrade, echoing a move by S&P Global more than a decade ago, comes as a result of several concerning factors affecting the nation’s...
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BMO Takes Chillier Stance On Dover Due To Refrigeration Market Pressures
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 10:28am | 401BMO Capital Markets cited valuation and concerns over the refrigeration market in a Friday downgrade of manufacturing conglomerate Dover Corp. (NSYE: DOV). The Analyst Analyst R. Scott Graham downgraded Dover from Outperform to Market Perform and lowered the price target from $93 to $90. The...
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Morgan Stanley Lowers 2011 Global Growth Forecast
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 7:03am | 296Citing political bickering over sovereign debt and renewed concerns over a possible recession, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cut its global growth forecast Thursday. Morgan Stanley lowered its global growth targets for both 2011 and 2012, as uncertainty clouded growth prospects. The 2011 growth...
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3 Reasons to Sell Apple
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 11:18am | 1212To Read This Entire Report With Charts Click Here If we were looking for the most ideal stock to buy it would be a stock that had amazing innovation, huge brand recognition and a constant pipeline of must have products. They would also be so creative that they invent multiple streams of revenue...
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Profit Estimates Cut for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:47pm | 155Amid the sharp decline in financials Thursday, analysts at Meredith Whitney Advisory Group cut profit estimates for the beleaguered financial companies for the fourth quarter and beyond. The estimate for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) was reduced to $6 per share from a previous estimate of $6.38, a 6%...
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5 Stocks That Have Been Downgraded (JCG, BPL, FITB)
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:46am | 170Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ which have been downgraded J Crew (NYSE: JCG) has been downgraded to “hold” at Brean Murray. JCG shares have appreciated by 158.38% over the past 52 weeks. Buckeye Partners LP (NYSE: BPL) has been downgraded to “hold” at Wunderlich. BPL has a PEG...