After Thursday’s day of gratitude for the great American experiment, investors on Friday expressed their gratitude for rising corporate profits, global growth and an improving policy environment. According to the Journal:U.S. stocks’ record-busting year notched another milestone Friday, one that few investors expected to see in 2017: 2600 on the S&P 500. The broad market index rose 5.3 points to 2602.42, marking its first close above that level and its second-fastest run to a round-number milestone on record... Stocks’ climb has defied many analysts’ early-year predictions for a 2017 stall, prompting many to...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 24, 2017 21:45 UTC