The absence of a “Santa Claus rally” does not doom the U.S. stock market in 2025. The period from Christmas through the second trading day of January marks the traditional definition of the ...

Santa Claus was a no-show on Wall Street for the second year in a row, but stock-market bulls may be able to take their lump of coal in stride if January gets the year off to a positive start.

Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Stocks fell on Thursday, dampening investors' hope for a Santa Claus rally to start 2025. The S&P 500's average return in years without a Santa Claus ...