The S&P 500 breaks 6,000 and the Dow tops 44,000. Why stocks could keep climbing.

The S&P 500 on Friday was trading above 6,000 for the first time in history, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was soaring above 44,000 after Donald Trump’s election and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut lifted the large-cap benchmark index to a fresh record.

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