The stock market has been rising since July – the S&P 500 3.3% since July. On Election Day it closed up more than 427 points, ending at 42,221.88. According to CNN.com, since 1944, in 18 of the 20 elections, the incumbent party won if the stock market was going up.

A record earnings report from Palantir helped push tech higher, with the stock soaring 23.5% to close at $51.15 ... chip titan surpass Apple as the world's most valuable company by market cap, at $3.42 trillion versus Apple's valuation of $3.38 trillion.