I’m not an economist, so maybe one can explain to me. If the S&P downgrade was such a big deal, why are people still pouring money into US Treasuries, driving it down to very low rates? Is it because the US is still the least worst of many worster options? (Yes, I just said ‘worster’).

And why is the media associating the current stock slide with the debt downgrade? Isn’t the stock slide due to Europe, unemployment, etc rather than the downgrade? If the downgrade had anything to do with the stock market, shouldn’t we be seeing treasury rates rise while stocks fall?