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The Safest Currencies in the World to Invest in Today

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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With the volatile Greek debt crisis raising concern over the stability of the global financial system, finding the safest currencies to invest in has taken on a new sense of urgency.

As a type of safe-haven investment, the safest currencies are a place where you want to have at least some money when markets are unraveling and mainstay currencies like the euro are falling.

Here are the safest currencies in the world right now...

A Sovereign-Debt-Default Survival Kit: The Four Countries That Will Keep Their AAA Ratings

By , Money Morning -

Stories about debt downgrades and sovereign-debt defaults are dominating the headlines.

And it's no longer just Europe that we have to be worried about. On Friday, Standard and Poor's warned that there was a 50-50 chance that the United States would lose its AAA debt rating in the next 90 days - even if the debt ceiling didn't result in a U.S. default.

When you get right down to it, we're all asking the same urgent question: Just where the hell can I go for a really safe investment?

Fortunately, I have an answer for you.

The Sovereign-Debt-Default Survival Guide

S&P put us on notice back in April, when the ratings agency affirmed the country's AAA/A-1+ sovereign credit ratings - but also cut its outlook on the United States' long-term debt rating from "stable" to "negative." The last time that happened to the United States was 70 years ago - right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. What S&P is talking about now, though, is a reduction of the country's actual credit rating. For years, investors throughout the world have viewed U.S. government debt as the "safe haven" of last resort.

With a cut in the country's credit rating, those days would be over.

If you're searching for alternatives to U.S. debt, the good news is that Standard & Poor's has granted 18 other countries that top AAA credit rating. The bad news is that the selection isn't as luxuriant as it first appears.

It's important to separate the prospects from the suspects.



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Safe Haven Investments: Only One Remains

By , Money Morning -

The April 18 announcement by Standard and Poor's that it downgraded its outlook for U.S. debt to "negative" from "stable" was unsurprising.

At the same time, though, it raised questions about safe haven investments.

Principally, if U.S. Treasuries are no longer an investment safe haven, then where can cautious investors safely store their capital?

The market's initial reaction to the S&P announcement was typical of its trader-dominated nature. Stocks dropped and gold rose - but U.S. Treasury bond prices actually rose, as well.

To find out more about the safest investment on earth, read on...