Standard and Poor

The Standard and Poor's 500 slid 6.7 percent, with every stock listed on the index ending the day in negative territory.

Investors in US Financial Markets Dump Stocks, Buy Treasuries 2011

The Standard and Poor's 500 slid 6.7 percent, with every stock listed on the index ending the day in negative territory.

Investors in US Financial Markets Dump Stocks, Buy Treasuries 2011

The next day, Standard and Poor's increased the chances of an actual downgrade to 50/50, citing a lack of progress being made in Washington toward fixing the nation's budget problem.

Fitch Says Treasurys With Missed Payments Would Get B+ Rating Cynthia Lin 2011

The current agreement is for $2.4 trillion in deficit reductions, and Standard and Poor's previously said it would downgrade the U.S. if Congress cut anything less than $4 trillion.

Treasury Prices Climb Cynthia Lin 2011

America's poor have shouted this from their urban and rural communities long before Standard and Poor's decided to care enough to signal a problem by lowering America's AAA credit rating to AA+.

John H. Jackson: Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road and Call AAA John H. Jackson 2011

The bleak prediction followed Monday's statement by Standard and Poor's that the terms for a new bailout being negotiated by the eurozone for Greece would be judged a default, possibly sparking a Greek banking collapse and a European banking crisis.

Portugal's credit rating downgraded to junk status 2011

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's late Monday said it was maintaining the "negative" outlook on RWE's credit rating, even though the cumulative effect of the changes were a positive for credit risk.

RWE to Raise Capital, Sell Assets Jan Hromadko 2011

The oracles at Moody's and Standard and Poor's want to downgrade the United States' credit worthiness unless Social Security and Medicare are gutted; I wondered why they couldn't just pretend that U.S. Treasury bonds are CDOs and other junk mortgage-backed securities and slap a Triple-A rating on them like they did a few years back?

Joseph A. Palermo: For Progressives, Debt Ceiling "Deal" Was a Real Downer Joseph A. Palermo 2011

The catalyst for the selloff was Standard and Poor's decision late Friday to downgrade the U.S. government's long-term credit rating.

Asian Markets Reel After U.S. Downgrade Alex Frangos 2011

America's poor have shouted this from their urban and rural communities long before Standard and Poor's decided to care enough to signal a problem by lowering America's AAA credit rating to AA+.

John H. Jackson: Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road and Call AAA John H. Jackson 2011