MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Stocks fell on Wednesday after an early rally fizzled out. S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) futures started the day on a positive note after President Obama cut a vacation short to head back to Washington to work on a fiscal cliff deal. However the party didn't last long even though the Case-Shiller Home Price Index exceeded expectations and drove financials to outperform on the day. Ultimately the market seems to be operating on a combination of profit-taking after a solid year notably in Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) and pessimism regarding a fiscal cliff compromise. And unusually the fall in stocks came ...