Santa rally

As traders enter the final trading week of the year, one familiar question dominates Wall Street chatter: Will the Santa Claus Rally show up again? • Newmont stock is trading near recent highs. What should traders watch with NEM? History says the odds are favorable. The U.S. stock...

Year-end trading on Wall Street follows a familiar pattern, and the same question resurfaces once again: will the Santa Claus rally make an appearance? The stretch between Christmas and the first trading days of January is historically known for the Santa Claus rally, a period when stocks have...

With the start of the new year, investors bid farewell to the Santa Claus Rally, as the U.S. stock market extended its weak momentum into January, logging five consecutive losing sessions, the longest negative streak since April. Just weeks before Donald Trump's second presidential term begins, a...

The Santa Rally refers to a seasonal stock market trend where equities historically see stronger gains during the final stretch of December. This phenomenon, often fueled by holiday cheer, year-end portfolio rebalancing, and investor optimism, has been a recurring pattern for decades. But what...

Major technology stocks are positioned for a strong year-end rally as artificial intelligence initiatives accelerate and regulatory pressures ease under President-elect Donal Trump, marking a potential end to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan‘s aggressive oversight of Big Tech...

What happened to the Santa Claus Rally? The S&P 500 index was going along nicely. It was up 14% since the end of November, supported by an increasingly dovish Federal Reserve. And then, on Wednesday, it proceeded to sink 1.4%. While the index was up by 0.6% in early trade on Thursday, nervous...

As we bid farewell to 2023 and eagerly anticipate the holiday season, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on the remarkable turnaround in the U.S. stock market this year. At the beginning of the year, tech stocks in the Nasdaq 100 index were trading below the 11,000-point mark, battered by...

Heading into 2023's final week of trading, traders and investors are likely excited about an official Santa Claus Rally. That's particularly the case this year, which saw the S&P 500 Index rally a whopping 23% since 2022 ended - a positive change from the 27.54% the stock...

The holiday season has brought a surprising and significant gift to American households this year, in the form of a ‘Santa Rally’ on Wall Street. Robust stock market gains in November and December are poised to significantly enhance the wealth of U.S. households in the final quarter of...

U.S. index futures were solidly pointing to a higher open by Wall Street stocks on Thursday, which happens to be the penultimate trading session of the year. Stocks declined on Wednesday as risk aversion stubbornly held down any potential technical rebound. After opening on a mixed note, the major...