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.

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 ...

Every year, investors look forward to the “Santa Claus rally,” a period that encompasses the final five trading days of December and the first two trading days of the new year. Since 1950 ...

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 ...

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

Stocks have been falling through the final trading days of 2024, as investors have grown nervous about next year's prospects.

Retail and foreign investors are pouring into US stocks, driving the S&P 500 to a 5% weekly gain and its first 2025 all-time ...

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 ...

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 ...