Dow cruises past 23,000 for the first time

NEW YORK  — The Dow has rocketed through yet another milestone — 23,000. Wall Street’s latest record shows how hot the stock market has become over the past year. The Dow was sitting at just 18,333 on Election Day. But since President Trump’s election, the average has spiked more than 4,600 points, or about 25%. The Dow has notched 66 record highs in that time. That’s despite Trump’s struggles to get his economic agenda, including tax cuts, through a Repu