No, the Casey Anthony verdict did not move the market

Sorry to burst anybody's bubble, but not everything revolves around this case. From market watcher Art Cashin's round-up of yesterday's market action (via Business Insider)

The instant selloff occurred just as TV screens filled up with images from a courtroom in Florida and a series of "Not Guilty" comments from the jury. While this was clearly coincidence rather than causality, it was intriguing to watch the somewhat confused and quizzical looks on the faces of a few summer interns trying to intellectually reconcile the two disparate but seemingly simultaneous events.