What Is a Santa Claus Rally? -- WSJ

Dow Jones12-22 19:29

By WSJ Staff

-- Stocks typically enjoy a so-called Santa Claus Rally in the period spanning the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the next.

-- For 2025-2026, that period will run from this Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Monday, Jan. 5.

-- Both last year and in 2023, there were Santa Claus Selloffs, rather than rallies. In 2024, major indexes slipped between 0.4% and 0.7%. The Dow industrials notched its first decline in nine years over the period.

This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).

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