Investors’ hopes for a “Santa Claus rally”—a rise in stocks over the period that spans the last five trading days of the year through the first two of the next—have faded. 

A woman walks her dog walk past the Christmas tree displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 16, 2024 (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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

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 for the S&P 500, traders have been watching for a rally heading into 2025 to put the cherry on the cake. Stocks tend to rise in what is known as a “Santa Claus rally” over the period that spans the last five trading days of the year through the first two of the next. 

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