The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 24,000 in trading Wednesday. The Dow closed at 24,272, up 331 points on the day and gaining 1,000 in the past month. Markets responded positively to reports that Republicans were making progress on President Trump’s legislation to reduce corporate taxes. “There’s a lot of positives in the U.S., but we are seeing extremely strong earnings in developed countries and emerging markets. You have a number of world markets hitting new, all-time highs.”

Source: Washington Post November 30, 2017 19:51 UTC