25 Stocks to Target (and Avoid) After MLK Day
Schaeffers Investment Research·2026-01-14 13:00
The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has gotten off to a solid start in 2026, but history suggests next week may be more challenging. Markets will be closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and since they declared it a market holiday in 1998, stocks have tended to struggle during that shortened week. In the article below, I’ll unpack the return data for the SPX for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day week and break down the results by individual trading days. I’ll also look at stocks that have tended to outperform a ...