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Old 07-26-2011, 08:50 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89 View Post
Likely anyone managing fixed income funds with stipulated weighted average weightings would be forced to actually buy more US Treasuries and to sell their riskier assets to maintain their averages. This would be a forced 'flight to quality.'
If US treasuries are downgraded, they become the riskier assets so how does this work???
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