He noted that December provides a 74% historical probability ... serious help.” (See chart below.) That may be where the jolly old elf comes in. The Santa Claus rally period began at Tuesday ...

Investors look to position themselves to take advantage of what many hope to be the start of the Santa Claus rally that takes ... See the below seasonality chart that the BofA research team ...

Santa Claus ... chart below. Something similar happens to the S&P 500, although not to the same extent: the average post-Christmas gains of 0.80% tend to be better than those produced by the Santa ...

The Santa Claus rally got off to a jolly start in Tuesday’s holiday-shortened session. The Dow rose about 391 points, or 0.9%, through the 1 p.m. ET close. The S&P 500 closed up 1.1%.