no, there is scientific evidence that there is a connection, but it's delayed - like 3-6 months and it's more trending over the market as a whole, and not individual stocks. So there is a connection between markets, but that is not why this stock is gettting hammered. It wouldn't have "trickled" down yet. People are always looking for connections. There is no day-to-day connection and if you've been trading pennies long enough you'd notice it. Sometimes the S&P runs, while pennies plummet and vice versa...just hold to your guns and we'll make it through this.