TRUMP STOCK RALLY SPOOKS LIBERALS. “The S&P stood at 2,129.92 on election day, and closed at 2,268.88 today. Of course, the stock market rises and falls for reasons that have nothing to do with politics. But liberals’ claims that Trump’s election has nothing to do with the rising market are refuted rather decisively by today’s news that consumer sentiment has reached a 12-year high.”