of the global oil supply it with former white house officials and retired senior military officers. the group offers recommendations on how to deal with an attack on a saudi oil field. this simulation was part of the national summit on energy security, hosted by the group s securing america s future energy and the electrification coalition. i just wanted to say a few words about energy security and the role of this summit. today s e s session, we will try to examine how the mayor of s supply of energy is dangerously vulnerable and why instant action is required to remedy this totally unacceptable state of affairs. let me explain. the entire u.s. transportation system is totally dependent on just one fuel source, which is oil. currently there is no alternative. any disruption in the supply of oil will cripple our transportation system and create total chaos in our society. we unfortunately import 50% of the oil we need. most of this oil comes from the regions of the world
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one of the things that is a part of that was there was a dean to be too much dependence on the rating agencies. and the market, particularly in some of the financial institutions. the dodd-frank asked the references to those ratings be really expunged, and other agencies, the regulators would come up with new criteria for measuring risk that was not necessarily tied to the rating agencies. one of the things we want to hear from our regular should a is where we are in that process. the other thing that is still of concern to some folks is the fact there still continues to be a concentration in just three of those agencies. between moody s and standard & poor s and fitch that the cover but 90% of the ratings. 90% of the revenue. some people are concerned that access for other entities become in rso s is limited. particularly when you look at some of the regulation that is coming out and making a more and more burdensom
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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening. investors haven t seen a sell- off in stocks like today s since last summer. several worries were pressuring the markets today, violence in saudi arabia and renewed concerns about europe among them, susie. susie: tom, adding to the jitters worries about china s economic growth, and some disappointing news about the u.s. job market. the selling was broad-based the dow fell 228 points, closing below the 12,000 level; the nasdaq lost 50, and the s&p 500 was down almost 25 points. tom: this stock selling comes as the bull market celebrated its second anniversary this week. could the rally be over, or just taking a pause? peter cohen is co-author of capital rising, and he is with us from newton, massachusetts. lincoln ellis is the chief investment officer at the strategic financial group. he joins us from the cme group in ch
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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening. investors haven t seen a sell- off in stocks like today s since last summer. several worries were pressuring the markets today, violence in saudi arabia and renewed concerns about europe among them, susie. susie: tom, adding to the jitters worries about china s economic growth, and some disappointing news about the u.s. job market. the selling was broad-based the dow fell 228 points, closing below the 12,000 level; the nasdaq lost 50, and the s&p 500 was down almost 25 points. tom: this stock selling comes as the bull market celebrated its second anniversary this week. could the rally be over, or just taking a pause? peter cohen is co-author of capital rising, and he is with us from newton, massachusetts. lincoln ellis is the chief investment officer at the strategic financial group. he joins us from the cme group in ch
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