The House of Representatives delivered a stunning defeat to legislation designed to rescue the nation’s troubled financial system, sweeping aside a call from President Bush to “send a strong signal” of confidence to markets at home and abroad.
The 228-205 vote Monday exposed deep unease among rank-and-file lawmakers in both parties with what would be an unprecedented intervention in the private sector.
The financial markets reacted with disaccord…
Tallies for the day: Dow -777.68 (-6.98%); Nasdaq -199.61 (-9.14%); S&P 500 (above) -106.59 (-8.79%).
Side note: Barron’s added that the Nasdaq was headed for one of it’s top ten worst days. Today’s result wound up ranking #3. Paul Kedrosky says watch out for rolling boulders.
UPDATE: Today’s market result was also the biggest one day point drop for the DJIA.
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