What’s behind today’s sell off–Obama’s re-election or chaos in Greece?

Today is one of those days when we’ve got a big stock market move in the United States—the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2.25% or nearly 300-points at 1 p.m. New York time—and two big potentially market-moving events–Obama’s re-election and a vote in Athens amidst a huge rally and sporadic violence on the newest austerity package. So what is the explanation for today’s market drop?

Nothing but bad economic news from Europe today

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Next in line after the euro debt crisis: Japan

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