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ecib  ·  4388 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paul Vigna: If Spain Gets Downgraded in a Forest…
    I don't quite understand why some investors believe that every S&P ratings change should have a wild effect on markets. Presumably the information that causes the cut is already priced in to the relevant securities.

This. If the reality is that a ratings downgrade can have such massively wild effects on the market, then that means that our capital investment model is fundamentally broken. Not that I subscribe to that thinking, -I just think that if you do, the implications should have you absolutely scared shitless much more than a particular rating downgrade in a org/country you may have an interest.