As for a contested election, WallStreet has some precedent to look back to. In 2000, the S&P 500 dropped 5% in about five weeks after Election Day before Al Gore conceded to George W. Bush.
Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The WallStreetJournal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The WallStreetJournal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker is also ...
On WallStreet, Nvidia rose 0.5%, and Sherwin-Williams jumped 4.6% after learning they'll be replacing Intel and the parent of the Dow chemical company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Wall Street's main indexes were near record highs on Monday, holding on to post-election gains, ahead of the next batch of economic data that could decide whether the equity rally can sustain itself.