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

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.