{"id":153,"date":"2011-08-10T15:57:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T19:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2011-08-10T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T19:57:38","slug":"did-standard-and-poors-break-sec-regulations-in-disclosing-its-downgrade-to-select-parties-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/10\/did-standard-and-poors-break-sec-regulations-in-disclosing-its-downgrade-to-select-parties-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Standard and Poor\u2019s Break SEC Regulations in Disclosing Its Downgrade to Select Parties? \u00ab naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color:#008080;\">There is a much more straightforward basis for questioning S&amp;P\u2019s conduct, and it has nothing to do with how S&amp;P arrived at its rating. There is compelling evidence that the ratings agency made selective disclosure of its downgrade decision before it made it public last Friday evening. A reader told us certain hedge funds were informed Tuesday and traded successfully on the information. A separate source had told me certain banks were briefed on Thursday and were told of the US downgrade but assured their ratings would be unaffected. On Friday morning, Twitter was alight with the news.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008080;\">via<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2011\/08\/did-standard-and-poors-break-sec-regulations-in-disclosing-its-downgrade-to-select-parties.html\">Did Standard and Poor\u2019s Break SEC Regulations in Disclosing Its Downgrade to Select Parties? \u00ab naked capitalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/tradingdiary\/images\/2011-08-10-tnx.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10-Year US Treasury Yield\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It appears that some market participants were aware of the coming downgrade even earlier &#8212; on Friday [?] the previous week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a much more straightforward basis for questioning S&amp;P\u2019s conduct, and it has nothing to do with how S&amp;P arrived at its rating. 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