Analysts offered mixed signals on the S&P 500’s near-term outlook, making a Santa rally uncertain, pointing to potential volatility, amid atypical seasonality and rising bearish options sentiment.

So just to set the table, the official Santa Claus Rally started this past Friday, and it is supposed to run through to the first week of January as I understand it. So far Friday was not bad, even if ...

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STORY: Stovall defines a Santa Claus rally as one that stretches from the final three days of a year into the first three days of the following year. "Whenever the market has been higher in that ...

Stock Trader's Almanac analysts noted today that despite last year's significant rally in the stock market, the anticipated Santa Claus ... This is a premium only article. To continue reading this and ...