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Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead: Santa Claus Rally?
Monday, December 28, 2020 - 7:59am | 498Read More...The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: Prior to the holiday weekend, on tapering volumes, U.S. index futures balanced. Remember This: “Equity strength at this time of the year is widely known as the Santa Claus Rally, but the term is somewhat misunderstood,” researchers said in...
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How The Santa Claus Rally Could Predict January And 2021 Returns
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 4:45pm | 485Read More...The S&P 500 has rebounded since the lows seen in March. The Santa Claus Rally that could happen during the last few days of 2020 could help predict the performance of stocks in 2021. What Happened: The Santa Claus Rally is typically defined as the last five trading days of the year and the...
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Should Investors Expect A Tax-Driven Stock Market Sell-Off In The Next 2 Weeks?
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 8:40am | 452Read More...Investors enjoyed huge returns in the month of November. But after a solid start to December and a historic run off the March lows, some traders are getting concerned about year-end profit-taking heading into the 2020 home stretch. So far, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has rallied...
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The 6 Biggest Economic Events To Watch In December
Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 2:09pm | 690Read More...After giving up all of its year-to-date gains and entering a correction for the second time in 2018 (the first drop being February’s dramatic correction), S&P 500 futures traders are trying to make up any lost ground that they can in the final few weeks of 2018. The broad market index is...
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How The 'January Effect' Inspires The 'Santa Claus Rally'
Sunday, December 4, 2016 - 5:17pm | 624Read More...Santa Claus has been benign even to the markets, as is evident from the typically strong rally witnessed at the end of the year. Named the "Santa Claus Rally," this annual trend refers to the strong upward move in stock prices between Christmas and New Year's. Now, how is this...
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Best Sector ETFs for December: A Repeat Offender
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 12:32pm | 517Read More...December arrives Thursday, and with it comes visions of a Santa Claus rally on Wall Street. While it remains to be seen whether Santa delivers for investors this year, December's reputation as a good month for equities is well-deserved. Over the past two decades, the S&P 500 has posted an...
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How To Trade The Santa Claus Rally
Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 12:50pm | 434Read More...• The Santa Claus Rally is a year-end short-term seasonal stock trading opportunity. • While other Wall Street rules of thumb are hard to statistically verify, the Santa Claus rally has historically produced statistically significant returns. • This year’s Santa Claus...
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Why Airlines Have The Best Technical Outlook In The Market
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 8:57am | 449Read More...The performance of the stock market during the Santa Claus Rally period could indicate its direction in the first half of 2016. Oppenheimer expects the Dow Jones Industrial Average to correct to 16,000 in coming months. The firm currently sees technical strength in airline stocks. In a...
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5 Things To Consider When Preparing For A Santa Claus Rally
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 10:17am | 1766Read More...Streets lined with twinkle lights, holiday store window displays and brisk winter air all signal December has finally arrived. A month punctuated by holiday celebrations, December is also a heavy month for trading, as investors sure up their portfolios for the coming year. As with every other year...
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Liquidity Is Dry And It's Making Some Traders Cry (Again)
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 2:49pm | 410Read More...November is nearing its end. Following the mayhem in August that is being falsely blamed on a trading style known as "risk parity" (which has been around for years), the U.S. equity markets continue to chug higher while the Fed debates a December rate hike. In the midst of all this,...
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Will The Grinch Steal The Santa Claus Rally In 2014?
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 4:33pm | 789Read More...There are many sayings that are used to describe movements in the financial markets. For example, “Sell in May and go away” and the “January Effect” are two of the most common ones. One that is applicable to the current time period is the “Santa Claus rally....
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A Technical Look At How Financials Paved The Way To New All-Time Highs
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 1:24pm | 876Read More...As the market reached new all-time highs in Friday's session, examining the particular dynamics of the recent rally can help predict what issues may encourage the continuation of this up-trend. Finding Value In Value Stocks Since the Ebola lows in mid-October, investors have been flocking...
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Why You Should Watch The Santa Claus Rally
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 9:17am | 440Read More...The thing about the Santa Claus rally is that people often use it improperly, according to “The Stock Trader’s Almanac” Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Hirsch. Hirsch has been the editor-in-chief since he took the role over from his father, Yale Hirsch, who started the almanac in the...
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Signs Pointing Toward Another Santa Claus Rally In 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 11:14am | 709Read More...There has been debate this year, as always, about whether a ‘Santa Claus rally’ would happen. In fact, the seasonal anomaly in which abnormally positive returns take place in the market during the month of December has happened 80 percent of the time over the past 20 years. This year, some...
