Nasdaq rises to record, Dow bats eyes at 20,000

The Dow Jones industrial average ended just 25 points shy of 20,000, a level it has never breached, helped by a 1.68 percent gain in Goldman Sachs . U.S. stocks have been on a tear since the Nov. 8 presidential election, with the Dow up 9 percent and the S&P 500 gaining 6 percent on bets that Trump's plans for deregulation and infrastructure spending will boost the economy. Some investors believe stocks have become expensive.