Wall Street Week Ahead: Trump's first actions and job data to test market in January
The S&P 500 rose roughly 25% in 2024 through Dec. 27, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC >, which surpassed 20,000 for the first time in December, is up over 31%.
On Friday, however, stocks sold off amid some profit taking and questions about how markets could perform in January, according to analysts and traders.
«There are concerns that maybe the first part of (next) year can involve some repositioning and reallocation of funds and those that are trading today and next week are probably just trying to get a little bit ahead of that,» said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth.
Stocks tend to do well in the last five trading days of December and into the first two days of January, a phenomenon dubbed the Santa Claus rally, which has driven S&P gains of an average of 1.3% since 1969, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac.
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