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• Italian Government Debt Selloff Highlights Global Concerns

  The short-lived exuberance over the latest rescue proposal for Greece has been replaced by anxiety over the funding woes of Italy, the eurozone’s third largest economy.

• After much anticipation, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered the United States government’s AAA rating to AA+. While historically significant, the downgrade does not shed any new light on the fiscal challenges facing the U.S.

• Once again the world is on edge as the drumbeat of global recession pounds from nearly every media outlet. At times like these, investors find it hard to know what they should be thinking or doing when it comes to their portfolios.