Divided We Fall: Dow Tumbles 240 Points as TrumpCare Turmoil Feeds Growth Fears

Stocks tumbled to their worst loss of the year today, and it's hard to point the finger at any one factor for the decline . The S&P 500 dropped 1.2% to 2,344.02 today, its largest one-day decline since October 2016. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 237.85 points, or 1.1%, to 20,668.01, its largest decline since September 2015. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.8% to 5,793.83, its large drop since September 2016. If I had to pinpoint a reason for the decline, I'd have to see it's the comedy of errors that the attempt to pass President Donald J. Trump's health care bill has become . The reason: Health care's passage has to happen before the rest of President Donald J. Trump's agenda can be passed. Strategas Research Partners' Daniel Clifton and team explain: