Mid-week market update: The Santa Claus rally, which begins just after Christmas and ends on the second day of the new year, began with a bang. The S&P 500 surged 1.4% on Monday to kick off the Santa rally and managed to make another marginal closing high today. The bullish impulse has been relentless.
Marketwatch documented a small sample study (n=8) indicating that Santa rallies that began with an advance of 1% or more tended to be strong.
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Riding the seasonal bull
December 29, 2021 at 16:13 PM EST