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The Santa Claus Rally Defined

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The Santa Claus Rally

By GORDON SCOTT
Updated Dec 27, 2019

In 1972, Yale Hirsch, a stock market analyst and author of the annually published book titled "Stock Trader's Almanac," identified and named an apparent stock market anomaly. He called it the Santa Claus rally because it usually occurred during a six-session stretch beginning with the first trading session after Christmas day and ending with the first two days of the next year.

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