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What Do Munis, Fed Rate Hikes, and the 80s Have in Common? | LPL Street View

Lawrence Gillum, fixed income strategist at LPL Financial, discusses why munis are the place to be in order to weather the economic storm.

How This U.S. Debt Downgrade Is Different From 2011 | Weekly Market Commentary | August 14, 2023

How This U.S. Debt Downgrade Is Different From 2011 | Weekly Market Commentary | August 14, 2023

It’s different this time. The four (or five) most dangerous words in investing. We’ll take the risk and use those words here as we break down the recent decision by credit rating agency Fitch to downgrade U.S. government debt to its second-highest rating, AA+ (note that several countries in Europe, including Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland enjoy AAA ratings, as do Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) and Microsoft (MSFT)). We compare the potential market impact of this decision to what markets experienced in 2011 when S&P issued its U.S. debt downgrade.

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