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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

Yes. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will both operate on half-day schedules, closing at 1 p.m., while bond markets ...

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 Dow closed slightly higher on Thursday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed lower in the second day of a so-called Santa ...

Dec. 31 window, known as Santa Claus rally, averaging 0.85% return in 64 out of 96 years. 2018 saw strongest rally of 6.6%.