Before the U.S. election was even finished, the markets began to react to the possible results.  As the idea of president Trump became more and more likely the markets became more and more uncertain.  The price of Dow futures dropped during this time of uncertainty, as well as a number of international stocks.  Many people were freaking out, saying that the markets were going to crash but by the same time the next day stock prices were back to where they were.  Historically elections have tanked the price of stocks just because of the level of uncertainty there is for a close race.  Investors like to know that their isn't going to be any major shift in policy that might effect their strategy.

Now that the world knows the outcome of the election, international markets are expecting rising inflation in the U.S. Donald Trump has talked extensively about trying to balance trade, and it will be difficult for him to achieve without inflating U.S. currency.  CNBC reports: "In Europe, the pan-European index was around 1.27 percent higher on Monday morning. In Asia, the Shanghai composite in China closed 0.44 percent higher, while the Nikkei in Japan closed 1.71 percent higher."  This all supports the narrative that there is expected inflation in the U.S.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/14/dow-set-for-triple-digit-gains-as-trump-trade-continues.html