After a bruising stretch for stocks earlier this month, the seasonal pattern that traders call the Santa Claus rally is still very much in play. History suggests that the final days of December and ...

A Santa Claus rally in the stock market could bring new highs to the major averages next week. The Santa Claus rally is a seven-day trading window that this year begins on December 22 and ends on ...

The Santa Claus trading window starts December 24 and should bring a stock market rally this year. Historically, the S&P 500 gains 1.3% during this seven-day period and is positive 79% of the time.

The stock market has a well-documented tendency to deliver gains during the final trading days of December, a phenomenon known as the “Santa Claus rally.” This period of optimism has historically ...

During the last five trading days of December and the first two trading days of January, the stock market has historically rallied at an above-normal rate, 80% of the time, with an average return of 1 ...