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The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke past 26,000 on Tuesday as economic optimism over corporate earnings continues to rise.
The latest round-number hit comes just 12 days after the Dow hit 25,000 -- the fastest run between 1,000-point milestones in history.
The S&P 500 also traded above 2,800 for the first time while the Nasdaq advanced to a record.
"The boring stock market of 2017 has turned on the burners two weeks into the new year," Frank Cappelleri, executive director at Instinet, said to CNBC.
Earnings are off to a strong start so far in 2018. Of the S&P 500 companies that had reported as of last week, 69 percent have surpassed earnings-per-share estimates while 85 percent have beaten expectations.