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 ...

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

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.

As US stock markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) close for the trading week, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre analyzes key market movements, including the absent Santa Claus rally ...

The stock market has delivered two successive years of better-than-average gains, but the rally has stalled. The absence of a Santa Claus Rally can be a sign there's a market correction on the ...

Santa Claus was a no-show on Wall Street for the second year in a row, but stock-market bulls may be able to take their lump of coal in stride if January gets the year off to a positive start.

The Santa Claus rally period spans seven trading days ending with the close of the second stock-market session of the new year — and historically, it tends to finish with a gain. The S&P 500 was ...

The last trading session of the so-called Santa Claus rally period has passed, and this year's version, despite gains on Friday, looks more like a lump of coal. The period—the last five sessions ...