Can the ghost of Christmas past show us what to expect from the stockmarket in December?

December stockmarket anniversaries

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Analysts at interactive investor have put together a list of significant December stockmarket anniversaries as speculation of a Santa Rally this December resurfaces.

Analysts at interactive investor have put together a list of significant December stockmarket anniversaries as speculation of a Santa Rally this December resurfaces. While many would hope the Santa Rally starts on the 1 December and ends on New Year's Eve, investors are usually happy to enjoy whatever year-end bounce the market can provide without worrying too much about precise dates.  The actual calculation method for Santa's rally is a lot more tenuous - starting from the lowest level hit during the month and any subsequent high. Does that make it an utterly pointless statistic ...

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