America’s job creators offered the Obama administration’s economic plans another resounding vote of “no confidence.” Stocks are again plunging as President Barack Obama signaled a refusal to change the failed big-spending, big-government policies responsible for the current economic stagnation.

When markets opened after the biggest Election Day in presidential history, the S&P 500 tumbled 52.98 points, or 5.3 percent while the Dow retreated 486.01, or 5.1 percent. The Russell 2000 Index of small U.S. companies fell 5.7 percent to 514.64. The MSCI World Index of 23 developed markets decreased 2.5 percent to 982.98. The stock market declined again after Obama's State of the Union address.