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FACTBOX - After the 'flash crash,' changes to U.S. markets

Why are the markets tumbling?
Global stock markets tumbled Monday on the first trading day since Standard & Poor's downgraded long-term US debt. The plunge came as investors grew anxious over a weakening US economy and a widening debt crisis in Europe.Not everything went as expected. Some analysts had worried that Treasury yields would surge after S&P's downgrade. That would happen if investors demanded higher returns to compensate

Wall Street sinks 6% on historic downgrade

U.S. stocks plunged on Monday in the heaviest volume since last year's "flash crash," taking the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent on growing fears of a recession, in the first session after the

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Q&A: Arjuna Mahendran, HSBC Private Bank

Singapore-based head of investment strategy for Asia at HSBC Private Bank Arjuna Mahendran, expects the Asian markets, including India, to decline further in August. In an

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US debt is still AAA, forget what S&P says: Buffett

New York: Legendary investor Warren Buffett feels that the US debt is still worth the 'AAA' rating, and if anything has to change, it may be his opinion about the rating agency S&P rather than

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Look who's awash with cash in 'debt-ridden' US

Washington: Corporate America led by Citibank, headed by Indian American chief executive Vikram Pandit, is sitting on a colossal $2 trillion in cash. Of this, $1.4 trillion is accounted for by the

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S&P's Chambers: One in three chance of further US downgrade

Washington: Standard & Poor's managing director John Chambers said on Sunday there is a one in three chance of a further US credit rating downgrade over the next six months to two years."We

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