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To: oneolcop

The rating agencies should be sued civilly and criminal charges should be brought against them. They put triple AAA ratings on garbage just to get fees.


8 posted on 07/18/2009 8:21:00 AM PDT by goldi (')
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To: goldi
If it were only the fees they got, that would be bad enough.

They also knew where to place their own "investments" and when to take the profits and get out.

9 posted on 07/18/2009 8:25:43 AM PDT by oneolcop (Lead, Follow or Get the hell out of the way!)
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To: goldi

Why should the managers of an investment porfolio trust the rating agencies soley? Why did they not perform their own independent analysis?


16 posted on 07/18/2009 9:41:26 AM PDT by LowCountryJoe (Do class-warfare and disdain of laissez-faire have their places in today's GOP?)
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