Chalk it as much as the vacation spirit: In December, each skilled stock-market timers and particular person buyers are extra bullish than in some other month.
This implies a bear market is much less more likely to start throughout the previous few weeks of the yr than at different instances. However don’t count on a giant market surge, both. The bullishness in December is extra nuanced than the exuberance generally seen the remainder of the yr—which suggests buyers in all probability gained’t go on a shopping for spree.