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 ...

“I don’t feel comfortable that the traditional ‘Santa Claus rally’ is going to come,” he said, “simply because I think you might have already fast-forwarded that in November.

Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Traders are looking for a so-called Santa Claus rally, in which stocks rise from around Christmas through the second trading session of the next year.

Markets closed early and volume was thin, but all three main equity benchmarks closed higher on Tuesday to mark the official start of the Santa Claus Rally. Indeed, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ...

The holiday season is often the most wonderful time of the year for stocks, too. The S&P 500 has finished December up 73% of the time, the benchmark index's best percentage for any month.

The Santa Claus rally got off to a jolly start in Tuesday’s holiday-shortened session. The Dow rose about 391 points, or 0.9%, through the 1 p.m. ET close. The S&P 500 closed up 1.1%.

In the chart below, we take a look at the so-called “January Effect,” “January Barometer,” “Sell in May and Go Away,” and the “Santa Claus Rally.” We use the Dow Jones for market ...

Organizers across the country are taking aim at Elon Musk and Tesla today in what they are calling the "Tesla Takedown: ...

why we have different names for the jolly bringer of Christmas gifts You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. Whether it’s St. Nick ...