S&P 500 eclipses 6,000 and Dow surpasses 44,000. Here’s why stocks could keep climbing. The price of bitcoin is falling after failing to breach a new milestone. The crypto currency early Tuesday came within five bucks of touching $90,000 for the first time, but has faltered to trade down nearly 1% at just above $86,000.

Stocks are on a roll this month, with the S&P 500 notching its 50th record high of the year and topping the 6,000 point mark for the first time ever.

While a path toward the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House remained in reach for both U.S. presidential candidates Tuesday, a rally in Dow futures and selloff in U.S. government debt indicated market participants were prepared for a victory by Republican Donald Trump.

It’s a pivotal week for the stock market and investors will need to have their wits about them as the risks and catalysts come thick and fast. Big Tech earnings are likely to dominate proceedings but

U.S. stock futures were falling early Tuesday after the S&P 500 closed above 6,000 for the first time in the previous session. The index is on course for its first back-to-back yearly gains of more than 20% for the first time since 1998.