The Dow’s strong gain this year favored the Democrats and Kamala Harris. But Wall Street is increasingly disconnected from Main Street.

One hundred and forty years ago, The Washington Post printed the results of the first presidential election it covered: James Garfield against Winfield Scott Hancock. The Post had been in print for three years.

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once."

"This is the dawn of a new era for prediction markets," Kalshi's founder said. Betting markets called Trump's win weeks before the election.

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street shares hit record highs for a third consecutive day while Treasury yields retreated on Friday, as investors again cheered Donald Trump's decisive victory,