Stocks fell on Thursday, further dampening investor hopes for a Santa Claus rally this year. Historically, a weak beginning ...

The odds of a rising stock market are not significantly different whether or not there is a Santa Claus rally. The absence of ...

Wall Street remains optimistic. The consensus price target for the S&P 500 in 2025 is 6715, 14% higher than where the ...

Stocks typically rally over the holidays, but that hasn’t happened this season.

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, ...

Santa Claus is leaving investors in the lurch once again in 2024 as U.S. stocks have struggled during the typically bullish ...

Traders had hoped a banner year for the S&P 500 would end in a "Santa Claus Rally"—a run-up commonly seen over the last five ...

The last day of the so-called Santa Claus Rally period is upon us, and it's not looking good. The period—the last five sessions of a year, plus the first two of the next—has often seen a run-up in ...

The S&P 500’s gains were accelerating Friday afternoon, but the index’s sharp rebound still wasn’t large enough to bring about the traditional turn-of-the-year "Santa Claus rally." The Santa Claus ral ...

Stocks are stumbling into the end of the year. After falling 1% on Friday, markets are indicated lower by another 1% in ...

The weakness was atypical as equities tend to do well in the last five trading days of December and into the first two days ...

US stock markets have consistently lacked breadth over the last few weeks, entering 2025 with notable divergences. Gains are ...