Why the stock market rallied even as a violent mob stormed the Capitol
Posted on AllSides January 6th, 2021
From The Center
ANALYSIS
A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, but investors showed little reaction — lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record close and showing little appetite for traditional safe-haven assets despite violent scenes that temporarily interrupted the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
That’s because the invasion of the Capitol did nothing to change expectations around the near-term political and economic outlook.