To measure this rally potential, I calculated the average DJIA return from the ... relative strength of the Santa Claus and post-presidential-election rallies. The table below summarizes what ...

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.

Despite the varying takes, many investors view the rally as a psychological phenomenon — one that influences market sentiment even if the returns are marginal. Now that the Santa Claus rally ...

The Santa Rally was a letdown, but a January gain can lay the groundwork for 2025 gains for stocks, the publisher of the ...

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 ...

Wall Street remains optimistic. The consensus price target for the S&P 500 in 2025 is 6715, 14% higher than where the blue-chip barometer ended in 2024.

Now, as we enter the final stretch of the year, the Santa Rally is about to set in. The "Santa Claus Rally" refers ... this period has yielded positive returns approximately 80% of the time ...

The Santa Claus Rally was first coined by noted stock market analyst Yale Hirsch back in 1972. It was Hirsch who first ...

The market is assuming that the Fed is giving up on the idea that inflation will return to the ... fabled year-end rally. The actual Wall Street saying is, “If Santa Claus should fail to ...

Investing.com -- With just over six trading days left in 2024, the Santa Claus rally in stocks is “nowhere in sight,” Piper Sandler analysts said in a note. The investment firm’s technical ...