Defaulting banks - where will it stop?

[Jan Klimkowski]

Interesting that a site as MSM as CNBC is printing speculation that the US may be about to lose its AAA rating.

However, if the recent performance of the ratings agencies is anything to go by, they'll downgrade the US about a week after a formal default.

US May Lose Its 'AAA' Rating

The United States may be on course to lose its 'AAA' rating due to the large amount of debt it has accumulated, according to Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche.

"The U.S. might really have to look at a default on the bankruptcy reorganization of the present financial system" and the bankruptcy of the government is not out of the realm of possibility, Hennecke said.

"In the United States there is already a funding crisis, and they will have to sell a lot more bonds next year to fund the bailout packages that have already been signed off," Hennecke told CNBC.

In order to solve or stem the economic slowdown, Hennecke suggested the US would have to radically reduce spending across all sectors and recall all its troops from around the world.

As for a stimulus package, there is not much of an industry left to stimulate back into life, Hennecke said.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/27641538