By Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors Fitch Ratings sent shockwaves through the financial world last week when it unexpectedly downgraded the United States’ credit rating from AAA to AA+. This represents only the second time in U.S. history that a ratings agency has taken this action, the first time being when Standard & Poor’s lowered its [...] The post The Ripple Effects Of America’s New Credit Rating appeared first on ETF Trends .