Market, market, market, market (stock, that is...)

After a history-making Monday and a tepid Tuesday, we've had a truly epic fall today (Wednesday, October 15 2008)
S.&P. 500 closed at 907.84, 90.17 (9.03%) down
Dow (DJIA) closed at 8,577.91, 733.08 (7.87%) down
Nasdaq closed at 1,628.33, 150.68 (8.47%) down

Oh, the word from Washington is that we are not in recession, of course.