…After last Monday’s SPX close at 6,817, we officially moved into a bullish seasonal period, with the second half of December averaging a 1.30% return. Coincidentally, a 1.30% advance from the December 15th close would push the SPX into resistance in the 6,900 area, where we saw highs in October and earlier this month...”            - Monday Morning Outlook, December 22, 2025 The flow of news around the holidays tends to be slower-than-normal, but a stronger-than-expected third-quarter gross domestic pro ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for the stock market, which may be headed for a “Santa Claus Rally,” according to analysts, including those at Goldman Sachs and Citadel Securities. Most Read from Fast Company “Barring any major shocks, it will be hard to fight the overwhelmingly positive seasonal period we are entering and the cleaner positioning set-up,” Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s trading desk team said in a client note, as reported by Bloomberg. “While we don’t necessarily see a dramatic ra ...