What typically comes next when the stock market sputters at the start of November

Santa Claus rallies still tend to arrive even when the stock market sputters to open November, Goldman Sachs analysts find. - Spencer Platt/Getty Images The S&P 500 slumped 1.6% last week — but bad first weeks in November usually don’t hang over the stock market through the holiday season. Goldman Sachs analysts led by Gail Hafif found that when the first week of November is down, the median gain for the rest of the year for the S&P 500 SPX is 1.6% and 1.5% for the Nasdaq 100 NDX. Most Read from MarketW ...