Stocks are suddenly tanking (AAPL)

US stocks slid in mid-morning trading on Tuesday, with the financials sector on the S&P 500 down by more than 2%.
Bank of America was the worst performer on the index, down nearly 5%.
All the three major indexes opened higher in New York, with the Nasdaq Composite hitting yet another record high, lifted by Apple.
But at 1:52 p.m. ET, the Dow was down 208 points, or 1%. The S&P 500 was down 25 points, or 1.07%; it has closed down by more than 1% since October 11. 
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