Wall Street is eager for a so-called Santa Claus rally to propel the S&P 500—up about 25% this year through Monday's close—to ...

The Santa Claus rally has long been attractive to investors looking to end the year on a high note. North American markets have already experienced robust growth throughout 2024, but the prospect ...

Stocks fell on Thursday, further dampening investor hopes for a Santa Claus rally this year. Historically, a weak beginning to the year hasn't been a good sign for stocks.

After an epic run that spanned more than two years, the stock market took a well-deserved breather to close out 2024 -- and ...

Investors look set to be disappointed as the “Santa Claus rally” has so far failed to materialize for the second year in a row. - AFP via Getty Images Santa Claus is leaving investors in the ...

S&P 500, Nasdaq Set For Wobbly Open As Santa Claus Rally Fades: Analyst Sees Final Trading Sessions As 'Last Great Buying Opportunity' US Stocks Set To Start Final Trading Week Of Year On Positive ...

The benchmark S&P 500 rose 1.1% in shortened trading, the first session of the Santa Claus rally period that historically brings stronger-than-average returns, for the S&P, which tracks 500 of the ...

The Santa Claus Rally was first coined by noted stock market analyst Yale Hirsch back in 1972. It was Hirsch who first noticed the trend that the stock market tends to rise in the last five ...

The so-called Santa Claus rally could get off to a late start this year. But better late than never. A team of strategists at Ned Davis Research pointed out that stocks have struggled ahead of the ...

This year markets turned down in mid-December, but as of Christmas Eve the Santa Claus rally seems to have arrived — the S&P 500 gained 1.1 percent that day alone, and the Nasdaq Composite Index ...

Stocks fell on Thursday, dampening investors' hope for a Santa Claus rally to start 2025. The S&P 500's average return in years without a Santa Claus rally is less than half its return in years ...