Charles says it's a wonder that the stock market held up the way it has, with all of the anti-American messaging going on. The financial media went into overdrive on that “Sell America” narrative after Moody’s downgraded the US credit rating.

Most of Wall Street didn’t take the bait on that. In fact, some even bought the dip. Gary Kaltbaum joins Charles to discuss how the market proved resilient in the face of fresh US debt news.

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